The Big Short

The Big Short

9 out of 10

Thanks to bold direction and actual intellectual stimulation, The Big Short surpasses last year's The Wolf of Wall Street, a film to which The Big Short unabashedly begs to be compared. Where Wolf was happy to pander to the audience and bombard us with nudity and substances, The Big Short actually explains the economic machinations that form its narrative foundation. The result is an exhilarating, bold, informative, and extremely enjoyable movie. Be warned: while the film does a very fine job of explaining the complex economic concepts, it demands you keep up lest you be left in the dust. However, if you've the good sense to like this page, you're clearly a very smart person and will thus likely do just fine!