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Oct 20, 2011 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by J.C. Chandor. Drama, Thriller. R. 1h 47m. By A.O. Scott. Oct. 20, 2011. There have been reports of hurt feelings among the bankers and brokers who have been the...
Feb 29, 2012 · The movie did get a screenplay nomination, but it had the ingredients for more: A timely subject, excellent reviews, a pedigreed cast (Jeremy Irons, Kevin Spacey, Demi Moore, etc.), a theme that should have resonated in liberal Hollywood, and a labor-of-love backstory for its writer-director, J.C. Chandor. It even came out during the autumn ...
Mar 9, 2012 · Everything about this lean, tense and even important account of the onset of the financial crisis is fantastic — the premise, the dialogue, the performances by an ensemble cast including Kevin...
Oct 21, 2011 · “Margin Call” is one of the strongest American films of the year and easily the best Wall Street movie ever made. It’s about corporate manners—the protocols of hierarchy, the rituals of...
Oct 19, 2011 · Long night's journey into collapse. Kevin Spacey in "Margin Call." It may have happened something like this. "Margin Call" depicts the last night of good times on Wall Street, as a deadly certainty travels up the executive ladder at an investment firm: Disastrous speculation in the mortgage markets is leading to the firm's collapse.
Dec 10, 2015 · J .C. Chandor’s superb “ Margin Call ” (2011) depicts the minute-by-minute bursting of the mortgage-backed-securities bubble, while Ramin Bahrani’s excellent “ 99 Homes ,” released this year,...
