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Adam McKay is a filmmaker known for creating some very funny feature films including Step Brothers, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy and The Other Guys. While his latest has a surprising amount of humor, it carries with it a harsh and critical wit that takes us into the housing credit bubble that brought about the Financial crisis from 2007-2010. As funny as this can be, this is a harsh look at those involved in this devastating collapse. It is a riveting drama that takes a sobering approach to the story, concentrating on just a handful of people who saw the downfall coming. With a smart story, and fantastic casting, The Big Short is a fine film that delicately handles the serious tones with a sharp comedic edge.
TRR: One of two ensemble films nominated for Best Picture at this year's Oscars, The Big Short has some pretty big shoes to fill. Thankfully, this superb follow-up adaptation to author Michael Lewis' "Moneyball" surpasses even its predecessor, delivering a thoroughly engrossing, surprisingly educational and more-often-than-not humorous look at the lead-up to the biggest financial disaster since The Great Depression.
Tré Ventour from BagoGames writes: Based on the novel ‘The Big Short: Inside The Doomsday Machine’ by Michael Lewis, The Big Short is a true story told from three different perspectives about the start and fall of the U.S. mortgage housing crisis. Michael Burry (Christian Bale), is a weird, quirky ex-physician turned cyclops, corporate business man and Scion Capital hedge fund manager. He prefers sporting typical shorts and a no brand t-shirt, playing with a tennis ball barefoot instead of your standard business man’s smart suit. Burry believes that the American housing market is built on a bubble of incredibly bad loans that will eventually burst within the next few years. The freedom to do as he pleases within his own company allows him to bet against the housing markets with the banks, without consulting the board.
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A film about the 2008 banking crisis might seem an odd departure for the director of Anchorman and Talladega Nights, but Adam McKay proves the perfect choice for this Oscar-nominated black comedy, conveying a wealth of dense information and wringing some dark laughs from its singularly depressing subject matter.
