Synopsis
This is a true story.
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
The Big Short
2015 Directed by Adam McKay
Cast
Christian Bale Steve Carell Ryan Gosling Brad Pitt Melissa Leo Hamish Linklater John Magaro Rafe Spall Jeremy Strong Finn Wittrock Marisa Tomei Tracy Letts Byron Mann Adepero Oduye Karen Gillan Max Greenfield Billy Magnussen Rudy Eisenzopf Casey Groves Charlie Talbert Harold Gervais Maria Frangos Hunter Burke Bernard Hocke Shauna Rappold Brandon Stacy Aiden Flowers Peter Epstein Anthony Marble Show All…
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Clayton Hartley Elliott Glick Michelle C. Harmon Kristin Lekki Jann K. Engel Chris Arnold Wright McFarland
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Five stars? Yeah, five stars. Call me Standard & Poor's because I'm just tossing out AAA ratings.
A (frequently hilarious) crime movie where the American economy is the corpse, the entire financial system is the culprit, and the detectives all have bets on the body dropping.
But for the bearish take, you can hear Josh try to rain on my Adam McKay party on Filmspotting #566.
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It absolutely does hold its audience's hand throughout the entire thing, like an overprotective father, and spoon-feeds us information like mothers performing the old airplane trick with their newborn infants -- but that's just part of the social commentary.
I love the borderline-self-parody aspect, for lack of a better word (always undercutting the seriousness of the situation with surrealist comedy until the third act strikes like a gavel and leaves you breathless), and the sendup of contemporary media techniques, e.g. the "cameos" relative to the way the masses consume their information.
But if you consider yourself an intelligent person and someone who, regardless of intentions, doesn’t need to be treated like a child (even for the sake of satire), then…
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i liked so much of what this film is about, and so little of how it's about it.
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This is a true story.
Adam McKay. Adam McKay?! How could Adam McKay, the guy who brought us Step Brothers, The Other Guys, and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby bring us one of the most important films of the 21st century? How can Adam "Anchorman" McKay bring such a shocking and deeply layered story of corruption and demoralization to us? It appears I may have slightly misjudged his directorial abilities, because he absolutely floored me here.
The Big Short sizzles as McKay brings together Batman, Michael Scott, The Driver, and Tyler Durden to uncover one of the biggest and most overlooked crises in 21st century America. Everyone remembers the housing bubble burst in 2008, but most probably don't…
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watched this with my flatmate last night because it's one of his favourite films and i have to say i absolutely HATE the editing and sound design in this but LOVE that miss margot robbie told me to fuck off
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Truth is like poetry. And most people fucking hate poetry.
Watched this at a screening with my history class and honestly it was great. I did not expect to like it as much as I did. The first half is brilliant. Each one of the actors shines in their role. The complex terminology is well-explained and the film is so dynamic that you almost feel involved in what happens. The second half is harder to understand and my friend and I had some problems with it. But overall The Big Short is a surprisingly good film about economy that didn’t want to make me fall asleep.
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Yeah this is an excellent film. Not QUITE as great as I remembered but a super important film that everyone should see
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I know basically *nothing* about Wall Street but this movie does an unbelievably good job at explaining things. Also, the editing in this movie is A+.
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Even when capitalism fails, people still profit from it? Damn, I love capitalism.
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I like Adam McKay's work as he's made some of my favorite comedies; so when a more drama piece came out, well... I waited three years to see it apparently. The Big Short is a mix of drama, documentary, and comedy about the housing crash of 2008. Filled with stars like Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, Christian Bale and more, the film keeps an entertaining, yet sobering pace throughout its two hour run time. The film also tries to use off-beat methods to simplify the economics lingo and worldly on-goings; however it fell short of that goal, leaving me not that much (if any) more informed than when I pressed play.
Despite the money filled babble never letting up,…
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(Old impressions, not based on a recent viewing)
I was told it's a comedy, but the movie made me mad more than anything else.
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