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By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 29 Apr 2016

An unlikely but oddly effective mixture of dark comedy, character study, based-on-a-true-story drama, rabble-rousing, and detective story…

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By Alissa Wilkinson (499) for Christianity Today (953) on 12 Apr 2016

As The Big Short goes on, it becomes progressively less funny and more depressing, mirroring the attitudes of the characters…

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By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Viewers thirsty for a lecture on collateralized debt obligations from celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain are in for a treat…

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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 07 Apr 2016

So crammed with authentic technospeak about the financial markets, collateralized debt obligations and tranches, you could be forgiven for…

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By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

It's a fine feat of screenwriting, particularly given its 'heroes' are bankers about to get rich on public misery…

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By Marija Djurovic (345) for Cairo360 (405) on 30 Mar 2016

The film offers a compelling look into the heart of the 2008 financial crisis and, although you might occasionally find yourself lost in its…

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By Virat Nehru (8) for 4:3 (202) on 21 Mar 2016

It's a disaster movie - where the impending and continuous boom-bust cycle of capitalism is the oncoming disaster…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seanax.com (387) on 17 Mar 2016

The Big Short is the film that we needed at this time…

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By Blake Howard (505) for Graffiti With Punctuation (173) on 16 Mar 2016

The very best that a satire can hope to achieve…

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By Matt Neal (458) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 03 Mar 2016

In some ways, it's a flashier version of another Lewis adaptation Moneyball, which made another dull topic - baseball statistics - surprisingly…

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By Israel Acosta Aroche (83) for Konexión (253) on 02 Mar 2016

Even if it is funny, as it should be in parts, it also has the capacity for drama and seriousness when dealing with the consequences of the…

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By Emine Yildirim (74) for Today's Zaman (Turkey) (74) on 01 Mar 2016

The film tries to take the socialist political stance of exposing the greed of the big American banks, yet it has such a difficult time taking…

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By Mal Vincent (128) for The Virginian-Pilot (129) on 25 Feb 2016

It exposes the vast degree of lies and manipulation of the financial world in a far more entertaining way than any drama would…

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By Tara Brady (805) for Irish Times (1,391) on 23 Feb 2016

At first, the to-camera segments can be discombobulating, but over two hours, the film coalesces into a brilliantly accessible, scathing account…

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By Michael Snydel (83) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 20 Feb 2016

An immensely entertaining and worthwhile document of America's modern horror story…

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By Brian Formo (125) for Collider (1,032) on 19 Feb 2016

Adam McKay is passionate about the subject and The Big Short is exciting, passionate filmmaking…

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By Michael Bonner (121) for Uncut Magazine [UK] (201) on 18 Feb 2016

McKay's adaptation of Michael Lewis' book presents the subprime loan crisis as a screwball comedy…

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By David Stratton (799) for The Australian (781) on 12 Feb 2016

At the end of the film, I was hardly any the wiser as to the reasons eight million jobs and six million homes were lost in the US, even though…

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By Ali Gray (310) for TheShiznit.co.uk (506) on 11 Feb 2016

A pseudo-documentary dressed up like a human interest ensemble when it should have felt more like a supervillain heist movie…

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By David 'Mad Dog' Bradley (480) for Rip It Up (249) on 05 Feb 2016

Wonderfully played (although our heroes are far from noble) and directed with great energy, this is dreadfully enjoyable film…

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