Thanks for the memories!

People are voting emotionally.

Lack of good storyline.

Gripping story with well-crafted characters

It is rare that modern American movie making is both accurate and honest. This movie is. To be clear: it is a movie ... with a written script; well acted and the story remains fairly clear throughout. The descriptions of the relevant financial products are concise yet educational. The premise of adding complexity in Finance to obscure both reality and value are correct. I thoroughly recommend this movie to all. It is both historically educational and rewarding as a film in its own right.

This movie felt like a blend of a film and documentary. It has a great narration by Ryan Gosling. Great acting too. The movie is made in such a way that the information reaches to all. All jargons explained and simplified in a very original way I must say - through 'real' celebrities in the movie - so that it is appealing to most of the viewers. It was very original in my opinion.Steve Carell is as always very good. And he is especially very good in his character. I loved his character and one could see him delivering the pain and emotions very sincerely towards the end of the movie. Christian Bale made me do a double take when his character came on screen. I mean, I know he has two fully functional eyes then how did he pull this off? How? It was incredible. This I think was an exceptional piece of acting. This is the definition of living the character in the movie. As far as direction is considered, it was very good. Not very unique because some elements I think is borrowed from Woody Allen where he makes the characters talk to us through the screen but the effect and timing is really nice. I have seen 'The Other Guys' by Adams and I found that entertaining too. More than the other I believe. And I found this movie thoroughly entertaining too.

Even though it's overused, I loved the self-conscious style of the story. Financial terms that are difficult to understand for the laymen are explained by people that have nothing to do with finance. This isn't cute or funny the way it sounds, it's satirical and sad because of how absurd the whole thing was. Combined with wonderful performances, by Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, the story becomes enjoyable and not as boring as the film admits the story to be in the beginning. On the other hand, I couldn't help but feel that the film was emotionally inconsistent. I am not suggesting that films of this nature should be balanced. Sure, there's always drama in satire but the dramatic scenes of the film were not enough to warrant themselves in respect with the whole. There should have been better management of these scenes so that either they are balanced, or they are so imbalanced that they become more than they seem. I haven't read the book, but the film is well-made and worth a watch.

If you ever wanted to understand (on a easy to follow basis) why everything went wrong in 2007 and caused the Global Financial Crisis, then this is the movie for you. Even if you aren't interested in why, this movies offers insight into a world only few of us can ever really get our heads around.Unexpectedly funny and informative, this will outline why the system was doomed to fail, all but for a small handful of people who saw what was coming and made millions from a financial disaster.