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Based on a book by Michael Lewis, “The Big Short” is about how several traders and hedge fund managers made fortunes because they saw that the housing market’s decline would cause a collapse of bonds contrived from sub-prime mortgages. The terminology is both dry and dizzying, the machinations incredibly convoluted.
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Nov 13, 2015 · Film Review: ‘The Big Short’. Adam McKay's financial-crisis comedy turns a dense economics lecture into a hyper-caffeinated postmodern farce. Of all the current century’s most cataclysmic ...
Dec 10, 2015 · It’s Vennett who intensifies the big short by partnering with Mark Baum (Steve Carell), a hedge-fund manager who runs FrontPoint, a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley. Baum is a hardass.
Dec 10, 2015 · A true crime story and a madcap comedy, a heist movie and a scalding polemic, “The Big Short” will affirm your deepest cynicism about Wall Street while simultaneously restoring your faith in...
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Jun 18, 2024 · The Big Short provides a humorous and accessible way of understanding complex financial concepts related to the 2008 financial crisis. The film's ending contrasts the success of its main characters with the impact of the crash on real people, serving as a warning for the future.
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The Big Short is both the defining film about the most recent financial crisis and the defining film of its director's young career so far. Full Review | Jan 7, 2021