The Flaw ranges widely across the history of American capitalism in the twentieth century, its rigor laced with sardonic humor and peopled with a cast of characters that spans Nobel-prize winning economists and distressed home owners to the New York Times financial correspondent on the brink of foreclosure and the Wall Street banker who feels the pain encoded in his spreadsheets. The film argues that the roots of the crisis lie in the changing relationship between the rich and the rest in American society.
A bold attempt to tackle the labyrinthine issues that caused the financial crisis, but Sington's doc does quite hit the mark.
British film-maker David Sington has made a pretty good documentary about the banking catastrophe in The Flaw, though it is not nearly as good as Charles Ferguson's Oscar-winning Inside Job: it has less journalistic bite and is more lenient with the white-collar players involved.
If the material in this documentary on the financial meltdown seems overfamiliar that's because you've encountered most of it already in the superior Inside Job.
David Sington’s damning documentary makes it easier to understand but not to condone.
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