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Oct 19, 2011 · "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.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 87% of 174 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Smart, tightly wound, and solidly acted, Margin Call turns the convoluted financial meltdown of '08 into gripping, thought-provoking drama."
Writer and director J.C. Chandor exemplified the ability to tell a broad menu of stories with flair, garnering critical acclaim for his breakthrough pictures "Margin Call" (2011), "All Is Lost...
Oct 20, 2011 · The most chilling and most believable aspect of “Margin Call” is how calmly and swiftly its drama of damage control unfolds. A scapegoat must be found, and a survival plan worked out.
Jan 8, 2012 · Sat 7 Jan 2012 19.07 EST. T he confident cinematic debut of writer-director JC Chandor, an experienced maker of commercials, Margin Call is the best fictional treatment of the current economic crisis.
Oct 21, 2011 · The sharp, star-studded chronicle of the crash is among the best movies of the year. Before the Door Pictures. "There's a difference between an old-fashioned financial panic and what happened on ...
Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is a thriller entangling the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis.
