A fascinating microcosm
of the financial world gone amuck and its subsequent collapse is detailed in The Big Short, based on the best seller
by Michael Lewis (Moneyball). An
ensemble cast (Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt) excels at
depicting the few who saw the mortgage industry on the brink of failure and
decided to take a huge risk by betting against Wall Street and potentially
netting an enormous windfall in profit. Soon a picture emerges of a broken,
corrupt system driven by phenomenal greed and ultimately undermined by subprime
mortgages while the rest of the world was oblivious or in denial. It's a
remarkable, factual chronicle that registers tension, macabre humor, and
disbelief, and even though you know what's coming, it thoroughly engages its
audience. One of the best films of the year.
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