Review of Inside Job (2010) by Spencer S — 30 Jul 2011

Politics aside, this is an in depth look at the rich getting richer mentality plaguing the American financial sector for the past thirty years. This is a wake-up call sort of film, a remembrance of the 2008 debacle that created craters in the global markets and kept our eyes glued to Bloomberg TV.

Job traces the collapse from the imminent past of the yuppie eighties and pinpointing the various episodic problems that the markets created for the average citizen by giving us loans we could not pay, selling CODs to investment firms, and not taking any of the criminally negligent actions with slack, but instead a convergence of government bailouts and a lack of reform in the Obama administration.

The interviews were commenced on an intellectual level, without the quick ambush of a Michael Moore, but certainly dumbfounded the lobbyists and board members who were without their merits and knew less about the crisis than the people it was happening to.

The graphics are impressive, Damon's narration isn't overwhelming, but certainly lends credibility to the words of the producer, director, and writer, Charles Ferguson. Much better researched and cerebral than Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, this film does not focus on capitalism as a whole, but is more rooted in the greediness of the men who walked away with their fortunes, devastating the rest of the country, and even the world.

Foreseen but clamped down by the men sent to protect us, the film ends on a note of disgust and need for reform in the administration for Change. No matter your personal politics (I myself am liberal) it's a frank look at a subject we all hear about, but never listen to.