Jeremy Irons has an Oscar. Kevin Spacey has two Oscars. J.C. Chandor will have one very soon if he continues to deliver anything as good as this and All Is Lost.

Gotta give WOLF OF WALL STREET some credit - it gave me an appetite for entertainment about The Street and its denizens that was left mostly unsatisfied by Scorsese's film. I've been reading LIAR'S POKER - Michael Lewis's fantastic account of the rise and fall of Solomon Brothers in the late 80s. And then last night I finally caught up with the excellent MARGIN CALL. I guess one of my primary gripes with WOWS was my lack of interest in spending time with its characters and their antics, while also still being interested in the mechanics of their operation. MARGIN CALL is all mechanics. Thrillingly so. Maybe even more of a gut punch a couple years later, as the stock market recovers and we start to forget our rage at these gamblers as they start to line our purses again. As if anything has changed.

This is one of those movies where everyone calls flawless but I think it's well done on a acting and directing point of view, but I do think it's a bit overrated in my opinion.

The story to Margin Call takes place in 2008 as a tense action as we follow one 24-hour period at an investment bank just before the financial crisis hits.

Margin Call is a movie that I thought was alright. I do think the movie is well acted and nicely written, but to me the movie is a slow burn and I just don't think it's brilliant as people thought it was. It's not a bad film but I don't think it's a great film, just alright in my opinion.

Well constructed and watchable. I wonder if would look like a different movie if it were made just another 5 years further down the road.

Smart, stylish, well paced with a taste of melodramatic hindsight. Liked it.

I possess zero understanding of Wall Street jargon, but this was a compelling watch regardless.

I was particularly impressed by the wardrobe. It's hard to pin down the fashion nuances of a particular year so soon after its occurrence, but this is an example of period costuming at its finest.

The Big Short is S H A K I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

also filmmakers, please stop casting paul bettany in things, i just hate him

also also, the last scene was pointless, remove it and you've got a great final shot with meaning.

I can't believe how engaging it was to watch stock traders talking for 100 minutes. Great cast. Great script. It takes a solid filmmaker to make stocks entertaining to watch. I get hooked every time I watch it.

Another big fat PASS. Its a movie, I guess.

Making Kevin Spacey the moral center of your movie is going to curse a lot of good movies, but it’s also going to curse bad movies like this one. This movie is really fascinated by the vapid, soulless husks who torpedoed the global economy in their stupidity and myopia. Most of the film is people sounding important and insightful while just seeming like craven fraudsters. The Big Short covered this so much better and more effectively.

Slow-paced nuanced drama on the 2008 financial crisis. Leaves you feeling extremely depressed about your financial future.

Although boring in some scenes, it was a scrutiny into the harsh reality of how the world actually works, a world in which information advantages determines winners and losers, a world in which conscience is sacrificed for the sake of money.
The movie's slow rhythm could not even be compensated by it's thrilling music score.