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The Big Short
Early 2008, a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market based on a research that exposes that a number of subprime home loans are in danger of defaulting.
19 January 1982, Hsinchu, Taiwan
4 September 1980, Dobbs Ferry, New York, USA
11 September 1977, Champaign, Illinois, USA
8 June 1987, Louisiana, USA
September 21, 2016
It's to McKay's credit that he makes The Big Short so fun; there are a lot of talented comedic actors here, the banter is strong, and there are pop culture montages strewn throughout, meant to mark the passage of time, that help maintain visual interest.
December 25, 2015
It's funny because it's true. And it's tragic and frightening for the same reason.
December 23, 2015
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.
August 16, 2016
While The Big Short is hardly uplifting, it still manages to tell a rambunctiously funny tale that's as informative as it is entertaining, humor walking hand-in-hand with tragedy to ultimately craft a comedy that's impossible to dismiss.
December 06, 2016
The Big Short's faults aren't hidden, but neither is its remarkable ability to entertain while giving a rather complex lesson.
January 02, 2016
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.
December 24, 2015
The Big Short is an angry, fiery movie disguised as a comedy.
December 05, 2016
Fascinating film that mixes economics and non-fiction with drama.
December 23, 2015
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.
December 23, 2015
The Big Short manages to be as enlightening as it is entertaining. But its ominous revelations linger long after it's over.
