The Big Short (2015)
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Critic Consensus: 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 the bargain.
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Cast
as Michael Burry
as Mark Baum
as Jared Vennett
as Ben Rickert
as Evie
as Cynthia Baum
as Georgia Hale
as Jamie Shipley
as Mortgage Broker
as Danny Moses
as Porter Collins
as Charlie Geller
as Wing Chau
as Dan Detone
as Dancer
as Swimmer
as Burry's Dad
as Vinny Daniel
as Caesar's Palace Pool Girl
as Lawrence Fields
as Attractive Manhattan Professional
as Sales Manager
as Goldman Sachs Executive
as Deutsche Bank Rep Randall
as Kathy Tao
as Lawyer
as Lawyer
as Burry's Assistant - Lewis
as Michael Burry's Mom
as Host
as 11-Year-Old Michael Burry
as Investor
as Analyst
as Charlie
as Mark's Mom
as Woman at Party
as Banker
as Younger Agent
as Martin Blaine
as Journalist
as Michael Burry's Wife
as Front Point Receptionist
as Wall Street Journal Reporter
as Bruce Miller the Bull
as Young Analyst David
as Matt Wright
as Casino Patron
as Convention Delegate/Strip Club Drunk/Blackjack Player
as Chris
as Analysis/Silicone Valley Manager/International Traveller
as Banker
as Lehman Brothers Banker
as Game Jersey Guy
as Journalist
as Analyst
as Sound Guy
as Business Executive
as Nicolas
as Ted Jiang
as Cocktail Waitress
as Goldman Sachs Rep
as Clothing Boutique Clerk
as Cocktail Waitress/Dancer
as Analyst
as Deeb Winston
as Therapist
as Merrill Lynch Trader
as Casey
as Therapy Businessman #1
as Lehman Executive
as Doug
as Casino Security
as Crying Lehmann Bros Employee
as Mortgage Broker
as Font Point Receptionist
as Trader in Club
as Seminar Leader #2
as Analyst
as Blackjack Player/Convention Delegate
as Tattoo Neck Guy
as Analyst
as Brian
as Investor
as Lehman Brothers Rep
as Paul Baum
as WAMU Banker at Casino
as Businessman
as Analyst/Investment Banker
as Investor
as Brian
as Deutsche Rep
as Banker/Airport Passenger
as Banker
as Bank of America Executive
as Seminar Greeter
as JP Morgan Employee
as B Of A Lobby Security Guard
as Ceasar's Palace Pool Girl
as Casino Patron
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Critic Reviews for The Big Short
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McKay cowrote The Big Short's screenplay with Charles Randolph, and they know how to keep an audience engaged, broadcasting this knowledge often, as both parody and indictment.
It's funny because it's true. And it's tragic and frightening for the same reason.
The Big Short is an angry, fiery movie disguised as a comedy.
The Big Short manages to be as enlightening as it is entertaining. But its ominous revelations linger long after it's over.
Thanks to Anchorman (2004) auteur Adam McKay's caustic comedy The Big Short, the events of the great economic meltdown of 2008 are beginning to make sense.
It's an expertly calibrated entertainment, giving the actors room to play and reframing industry jargon as simple, elegant metaphors... And McKay orchestrates it all so deftly that you might not even notice how angry he is - or at least not right away.
Audience Reviews for The Big Short
Hedge fund managers conspire to get rich off of the impending 2008 financial crisis. One of the funniest movies of the year just made me mad - as I suspect was its intention. Exposing the inequities in our financial system and the political machine that supports it, The Big Short fully explains CDOs and other derivatives for the common viewer without talking down to them. While at times the film is heavy-handed (the metonym for the regulatory commissions having heavy sunglasses [she's blind, get it?]) and the film's treatment of women is a little archaic (most of the female characters are "helpers"), when this film is on, it's energetic, insightful, and incredibly well-acted. Overall, if you had trouble understanding what happened in 2008 or on the stock market, try having Margot Robbie explain it to you from a bathtub.
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Not as good as Margin Call, but more giddy-enjoyable and quirky with less wooden acting.
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Adam McKay does a great job taking a convoluted subject and turning it into a very comprehensible film. All actors do a great job, especially Bale, Carell and Gosling, and the directing is unique with it's cutaways. This film is both funny and fascinating, and while I realize a lot of it is compressed and dramatized, the fact that this is all true (by Hollywood standards, but still this happened to some degree) is stunning.
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The Big Short Quotes
| Lawyer: | Truth is like shit, it stinks badly and we have to get rid of it fast. |
| Mark Baum: | You are a very big piece of shit |
| Mark Baum: | You are a very big piece of shit. |
| Ben Rickert: | Do you realize what you just did? You just bet against the American economy. |
| Ben Rickert: | That is the American housing market. |
| Jared Vennett: | That is the American housing market. |
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