Review of Margin Call (2011) by Ibrahim A — 05 May 2012

Knowing what happened to the markets in 2008, it was hard to play the voyeur and watch this drama unfold, depicting a major company suddenly realizing its risk level has teetered over the brink, leaving the executives to struggle with whether to face up to their company's ruin or quickly cut their losses and, in doing so, spread the disaster throughout the entire market.

A terrific cast shows a depth in the characters that goes well beyond the typical Wall Street stereotypes.