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2015
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The Big Short approaches a serious, complicated subject with an impressive attention to detail -- and manages to deliver a well-acted, scathingly funny indictment of its real-life villains in...
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Dec 10, 2015 · Based on a book by Michael Lewis, “The Big Short” is about how several traders and hedge fund managers made fortunes because they saw that the housing market’s decline would cause a collapse of bonds contrived from sub-prime mortgages. The terminology is both dry and dizzying, the machinations incredibly convoluted.
The Big Short Reviews. All Critics. Top Critics. All Audience. Verified Audience. Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson. Headlined by a star-studded cast, this legitimate must-see film tip-toes...
The Big Short has a lot of comedic value, but it's nonetheless a frightening depiction of where America is currently at; a depressing oligarchy, controlled and manipulated by those with money at the mercy of those without.
Dec 10, 2015 · 2h 10m. By A.O. Scott. Dec. 10, 2015. A true crime story and a madcap comedy, a heist movie and a scalding polemic, “ The Big Short ” will affirm your deepest cynicism about Wall Street while...
Nov 13, 2015 · Film Review: ‘The Big Short’. Adam McKay's financial-crisis comedy turns a dense economics lecture into a hyper-caffeinated postmodern farce. By Andrew Barker. Courtesy of Paramount.
Dec 8, 2015 · Based on Michael Lewis' book of the same name, The Big Short chronicles the true story of how four businessmen foresaw (and profited from) the late 2000s housing crisis and financial meltdown...
