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…

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…