The Big Short

2015 • 130 minutes

4.4

801 reviews

89%

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About this movie

When four outsiders saw what the big banks, media and government refused to, the global collapse of the economy, they had an idea: The Big Short. Their bold investment leads them into the dark underbelly of modern banking where they must question everyone and everything. Based on the true story and best-selling book by Michael Lewis (The Blind Side, Moneyball), and directed by Adam Mckay (Anchorman, Step Brothers) The Big Short stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt.

Ratings and reviews

4.4

801 reviews

Shaun D

June 8, 2016

This explains the insides of what non-banking people have yet to fully get. Watching it gave me a greater idea of the gravity of the recession and the selfishness on all sides. When it happened I thought the hedge funds were all absolute arseholes as they should have been trying to tell us what was going on instead of making money but this film paints it well with mixed motives, desires and goals of the players in that world. Steve Carell was the best performance.

Adrian Colley

August 13, 2016

Educational and terrifying. It humanizes the collapse and leaves you hoping the main characters get rich out of it, simply because they're more sympathetic than the other guys. My only criticism is that there's a lot of background-screen or page text that's legible enough to make you rewind and freeze-frame just to read it; but, it turns out, it's never important.

Gregg Nicholl

June 2, 2018

I don't often write reviews but i felt compelled in this instance. Do not waste your time on this offbeat unfunny "black comedy" about opportunistic profiteering scum bags who earned a fortune while people were losing their homes during the housing market crash. Not a single person to route for in this truly epicly boring film.

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