Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight.
Terrifically and improbably entertaining financial crisis dramedy, featuring an all-star cast.
Witty, absurd and far more entertaining than it has any right to be, this could finally shed light on the financial crisis for those of us who found it all too boring to contemplate.
Adam McKay’s Oscar-nominated drama set in the run-up to the 2008 financial crash, with Brad Pitt and a one-note Steve Carell, can’t decide if it’s a righteous condemnation of fraud or a blackly comic romp.
The Big Short is one disaster movie in which it is always safe to laugh.
Fast moving and often very funny, it is outrageously entertaining in places.
A brilliant black comedy.
A subject that may have seemed dry is brought angrily and amusingly to life.
A dramatic retelling of the 2007-8 financial crisis reveals a riveting world of chaos, corruption and misfits.
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The Big Short: Movie chronicling the craziness that caused the last credit crunch feels uncomfortably relevant now.
How historically accurate is The Big Short?
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