Review of The Big Short (2015) by Schroederrock — 05 Mar 2016

The Big Short is an intelligent movie - popcorn poppers looking for a little thrill ride down Wall Street with an excellent cast are sure to be left in the dust. Wall Street is complex to the typical person, I followed it but only just barely.

Seeing several of the storylines that lead into one of the largest economical collapses of America is both incredible and worrisome. To see so many professionals injecting so much convolution into the properties market on the back-end really makes you wonder how we managed to go so long without having a collapse sooner.

But this all happened and, in cases where applicable, the cast breaks that "fourth wall" to explain what's going on and if something absurd on screen actually happened (in most cases the answer is "yes this actually happened", or "we're lead to believe this happened").

Every actor in this movie turns in a solid performance, but I have to give a lot of credit to Steve Carrel for shining brightest in The Big Short. He delivers with an incredible amount of conviction, as if he were actually in charge of an investment firm that just discovered the bedrock of America's economy were about to collapse.

It's all brilliant stuff, and the fact that it's true, or mostly-true, might make your jaw drop a little bit. If you're into the business/finance world, this will be even more enjoyable for you, since the terminology which is only explained in small summations will be received like this was all everyday English.

If you can truly say to yourself "I have a hard time following complex movie plots", this will be a bit of an exercise. I highly recommend this movie, but there are going to be a small group of people that have it all go over their heads, and thus short this movie when it comes to their opinions/reviews.

The Big Short is one of the better films I've watched in the past year.