Review of The Big Short (2015) by Moviemitch96 — 22 Dec 2015

This film boasted an interesting cast and premise and certainly managed to provoke some big thoughts and ideas throughout. It also managed to remain consistently funny and fresh (for the most part.) It's worth noting that I loved the first half of this film, as it was quick-witted and gave great insight through various forms, such as interesting facts, famous celebs explaining certain things, etc.

However, I was somewhat dismayed to find that the second half, much like the film's subject matter, began to go slightly downhill to the point where it almost felt like a separate film (and not exactly in a good way.

) By this time, the film had already made its point, yet it began to drag on for slightly longer than I would've liked. Aside from that, the performances were all rather enjoyable from a great cast. Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Ryan Gosling all gave great, scene-stealing performances.

Brad Pitt, however, certainly deserved more screentime in my opinion. Overall, despite what I considered to be a shaky second half, I'm willing to mostly forgive that due to the blast I had with the first half as well as the great performances from the ensemble cast.

And besides, I will admit that Adam McKay did make a pretty good departure from his usual raunchy comedy films like Anchorman, Step Brothers, etc.