The Big Short

Movie

2015

2h 11m

English

Comedy, Drama

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7.9

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The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

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The Big Short

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2015

2h 11m

English

Comedy, Drama

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The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.

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7.9

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Cast

Mark Baum

Michael Burry

Charlie Geller

Jared Vennett

Jamie Shipley

Danny Moses

Vinny Daniel

Porter Collins

Ben Rickert

Georgia Hale

Cynthia Baum

Lawrence Fields

Mr. Chau

Kathy Tao

Evie

Mortgage Broker

Mortgage Broker

Lewis Ranieri

Fund Manager

Lewis Bond Trader

Lewis Bond Trader

Exotic Dancer

Analyst

Coach

Michael Burry's Mom

Directed By: Adam McKay

Written By: Adam McKay (Screenplay), Charles Randolph (Screenplay)

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aag says...

9 years ago

Still just a bit confused, but definitely impressed. This movie is a great way to tell something really important without turning it into an 100% boring and 0% "reachable" documentary. In a way, it dares you to not believe them, the characters—their story and what they did—neither what the future can hold. By doing so, it scares us twice as much and makes us keep discussing it all, long after it finishes. Very good.

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Messtix says...

9 years ago

This is a good movie , a little confusing but still good.

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nmahoney416 says...

6 years ago

I love the style of this movie. The way it explains complicated things and breaking the 4th wall to confirm or deny what really happened is a perfect way to make this entertaining. The acting is great all around. Still this makes me very angry.

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faithful soul says...

8 years ago

Having failed my maths exams 3 times before finally getting a pass, my number skills are very poor. So whilst I enjoyed the film and appreciated the acting and the story, the intricacies of the banking system were as clear as a Swedish film with no subtitles. The film tries hard to relay certain financial concepts but my brain couldn't cope. What is clear, however, is this... the rich get rich while the poorer get poorer. The greedy bankers are criminals who were never brought to justice and the poor and working class suffered as a result. Its a familiar story in many aspects in life but by the film's climax it hits hard.

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AndrewBloom

8/10 9 years ago

When I wrote my thoughts on Spotlight, I speculated about how knowing the end of the story going in, knowing the extent of the scandal the team in Spotlight was uncovering, may have robbed the plot of some of its punch. And yet, The Big Short is, in many ways, the perfect counter to that.

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mansemat

7 years ago

Almost the whole time I was watching this movie (including the bath-scene with Margot Robbie) I felt like the biggest idiot on the planet.
I'm not a numbers guy nor do I know all the terminology in American banking and mortgage systems and most of it looked like watching some kind of alien lan More

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KevinSocial9697

9/10 4 years ago

There is a reason this film is my most-watched film and why I love it so much, the truth is that this film takes a very complicated event and finds a way to explain it to your average film watcher in such a way that makes you feel the impact of this event at the time and at the same time has those m More

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dgw

7/10 8 years ago

I refuse to believe that the bean counters at Scion Capital would let IT set all their computer workstations to "never sleep" the display. Think of all the electric bill inflation!

What's really great about all the Dell workstations scattered through the film is that I have either use More

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