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Too Big to Fail

2011, Drama, 1h 38m

30 Reviews 1,000+ Ratings

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Too Big to Fail has too sharp a script and superlative a cast to ever feel disposable, even when it teeters toward being an efficient explainer of recent history instead of a fully-realized drama. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Financial leaders (William Hurt, Billy Crudup) spring into action when the U.S. economy falters in 2008.
  • Rating:
    TV14 (D|L)
  • Genre:
    Drama
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Curtis Hanson
  • Writer:
    Peter Gould
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Cast & Crew

William Hurt
William Hurt
Henry Paulson
Ed Asner
Ed Asner
Warren Buffett
Billy Crudup
Billy Crudup
Timothy Geithner
Paul Giamatti
Paul Giamatti
Ben Bernanke
Topher Grace
Topher Grace
Jim Wilkinson
Cynthia Nixon
Cynthia Nixon
Michele Davis
Bill Pullman
Bill Pullman
Jamie Dimon
Tony Shalhoub
Tony Shalhoub
John Mack
James Woods
James Woods
Dick Fuld
Curtis Hanson
Curtis Hanson
Director
Peter Gould
Peter Gould
Writer
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Full Review… Ed Cumming Daily Telegraph (UK) Full Review… Scott Tobias AV Club Full Review… Alan Sepinwall Uproxx Full Review… David Thomson The New Republic Full Review… Walter Hamilton Los Angeles Times Full Review… Roya Wolverson TIME Magazine Full Review… Phil Hogan Observer (UK) Full Review… Jeremy Aspinall Radio Times Full Review… Mark A. Perigard Boston Herald Full Review… Michael Sragow Baltimore Sun Full Review… Josh Bell Las Vegas Weekly Full Review… David Nusair Reel Film Reviews
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