The Big Short

Sometimes I go to the movies and actually learn something. It is usually seen something new or seeing history explained.  "The Big Short" schooled me on the housing bust that caused the economy to tank in 2008. They even pull over and park during the movie and use famous people to use analogies to explain the story.  The cast is exceptional and the story is riveting. Seeing Steve Carell in a serious role was cool, too. He is good.

The Big Short tells the story of how three groups of investors figure out that the housing market was propped up by bad loans based on variable rate mortgages which would kick in in 2007.  They basically bet the mortgage companies that things would go bad.  Which it did.

This movie is both exciting and depressing. Depressing because you see that no one was ever held accountable. (Think of Bernie Sanders current comments)

It is a hard R because of the constant use of the F word.  But in the story it somehow fits!

Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt and Marissa Tormei make this a great movie based on the book by Michael Lewis.

Yes it is *****star in my book.

2015 movie #59