Review of The Big Short (2015) by Eludiumq36 — 08 Jul 2016

I don't get all the enthusiasm for this film, maybe it's just fascination with A-list actors (Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale), and celeb cameos: overexposed Margot Robbie - in a bubble bath no less - explaining MBSes, Anthony Bourdain explaining CDOs, and chipmunk-faced ditz Selena Gomez explaining synthetic CDOs.

Yes, they're trying to liven up an otherwise boring topic that's more suitable as a documentary than a film drama, but they risk coming off as contrived, trying too hard. I think that's what aggravated me most; not everything is suitable for the theater, some stories are best done as television documentaries, and some are more suitable as a mini-series.