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Wednesday, January 06, 2016

MOVIE REVIEW: THE BIG SHORT (2015)

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From IMDB:

Storyline

Four denizens of the world of high-finance predict the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid-2000s, and decide to take on the big banks for their greed and lack of foresight.

 Ratings: 8.1/10 from 16,074 users Metascore: 81/100 


MOVIE INFO

Writer/director Adam McKay joins forces with Paramount Pictures and Plan B Entertainment to adapt Michael Lewis' best-seller The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, which centers on the housing a credit bubble of the 2000s. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Rating: R (for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity)
Genre: Drama
Directed By: Adam McKay
US Box Office: $33.1M
Runtime: 2 hr. 10 min.
Paramount Pictures - Official Site

TOMATOMETER 87%
Average Rating: 7.8/10 | Reviews Counted: 170
Fresh: 148 | Rotten: 22
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.
AUDIENCE SCORE 90% liked it
Average Rating: 4.2/5 | User Ratings: 30,219

THE BIG SHORT OPENS IN MALAYSIA ON THE 7th OF JANUARY BUT FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD FIND OUT HERE!

When the 2008 financial crisis hit a lot of people probably ended up like this... ©Paramount Pictures

A story that affected everyone around the world whether they realize it or not...