The Big Short

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The Big Short

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Released Dec 23, 2015

2h 10m

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In 2008, Wall Street guru Michael Burry realizes that a number of subprime home loans are in danger of defaulting. Burry bets against the housing market by throwing more than $1 billion of his investors' money into credit default swaps. His actions attract the attention of banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), hedge-fund specialist Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and other greedy opportunists. Together, these men make a fortune by taking full advantage of the impending economic collapse in America.

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Critics Consensus

The Big Short approaches a serious, complicated subject with an impressive attention to detail -- and manages to deliver a well-acted, scathingly funny indictment of its real-life villains in the bargain.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

... it wreaks of self-important pseudo-commentary that is more hollow and garishly humorous than it cares to admit.

Rated: D

Sep 1, 2017

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

While The Big Short is hardly uplifting, it still manages to tell a rambunctiously funny tale that's as informative as it is entertaining, humor walking hand-in-hand with tragedy to ultimately craft a comedy that's impossible to dismiss.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 16, 2016

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

Adam McKay's The Big Short plays like an elaborate con, albeit one that uses its powers for good.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 12, 2016

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Headlined by a star-studded cast, this legitimate must-see film tip-toes audaciously between biting satire and topical cautionary tale. You won't know whether to be pissed or be entertained and that's a powerful quality to pull off.

Rated: 5/5

Feb 16, 2024

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

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

Aug 27, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Trying to keep up with all of the fast market talk and financial blather wore me down. And there’s so much emphasis on it that the movie comes off as overstuffed and missing the human element which would have given it a more powerful punch.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Matt W

Eye opening movie about how messed up the stock world and real estate. America is f*cked.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

12/20/24

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Benjamin H

Although it can be a bit overwhelming and stylistically jarring, The Big Short is a sharp, dimensional and captivating film that has impressive attention to detail and manages to stay in mostly tip top shape throughout thanks to the stellar performances (particularly Bale and Carell) from its all-star cast and the masterful writing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/20/24

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DYylan W

A great cast, I can't get enough. The rewatch value is high.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/10/24

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Charles 2

I don't know how a movie with such a good cast can turn into such a blend and soulless movie. They had all the ressources to make something great and somehow failed

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/20/24

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Twiggy H

Rated highly purely because of great actor selection and well written film. ..as for the story itself, if actual or based close enough, really shitty because the one segment where an attempt at being 'heroic' was actually not (when the two dudes go to blow the news with a journalist, except it's not a public news outlet, it was to 'their buddies' in stock accounting *eye roll*).

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/29/24

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Dan B

The movie is an absolutely must see.. Especially for those that want to understand at least a little bit about what happened in the American economic collapse and the housing crisis along with loans from big Banks and how the average American citizen ended up paying the consequences in losing their jobs and their homes and their pensions from fraudulent practices of these big Banks.. But worst is the fact that ultimately we The American People ended up literally paying trillions of dollars in taxes to bail out these corrupted banks when they failed because of their corrupted ways!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/27/24

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Adam McKay

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Steve Carell

Mark Baum

Ryan Gosling

Jared Vennett

Christian Bale

Michael Burry

Brad Pitt

Ben Rickert

Marisa Tomei

Cynthia Baum

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Synopsis

In 2008, Wall Street guru Michael Burry realizes that a number of subprime home loans are in danger of defaulting. Burry bets against the housing market by throwing more than $1 billion of his investors' money into credit default swaps. His actions attract the attention of banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), hedge-fund specialist Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and other greedy opportunists. Together, these men make a fortune by taking full advantage of the impending economic collapse in America.

Director: Adam McKay
Producer: Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Arnon Milchan
Screenwriter: Adam McKay, Charles Randolph
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Plan B Entertainment
Rating: R (Some Sexuality/Nudity|Pervasive Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 23, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 7, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.2M
Runtime: 2h 10m

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