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Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.
Cast |
Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt |
Director |
Adam McKay |
Screenplay | Charles Randolph, Adam McKay, from the book by Michael Lewis |
Music | Nicholas Britell |
Cinematography | Barry Ackroyd |
Editing | Hank Corwin |
Sound formats | Dolby Digital, Datasat |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2015 |
Produced by | Plan B Entertainment, Regency Enterprises |
Official Site | IMDB page | ScreenIt Report | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Comedy, drama |
Language | Moderate impact, frequent, crude |
Nudity | Low to mild impact, infrequent |
Sex | None |
Violence | None |
Prejudice | None |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | |
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Disrespectful / Bad Attitude |
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Frightening / Tense Scenes |
Jump Scenes |
Tense Family Scenes |
Music (Scary/Tense) |
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Topics to talk about |
Suggested age limit 16 + |
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Positive role models |
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Consumerism |
Drinking, drugs, smoking |
Scale (Max) | 20 | |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Christopher Hooton Financial crisis becomes intelligible, entertaining. | 15 | |
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi Vermaak op koers in Wall Street-verhaal. | 10 | |
Cape Times Todd McCarthy Not quite on the money. | 10 | |
ScreenIt Jim Judy While the synopsis might not make it sound like a fun time at the movies, all involved turn this into a thoroughly engaging, entertaining, funny and ultimately horrifying look at what happened to our financial system with hints it could be headed there again. One of the best films of 2015. | 15 | |
Metacritic.com 44 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes critics 194 critics | 16 | |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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. | 18 | |
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics | 15 | |
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Finance dramedy turns complex ideas into gripping cinema. | 15 | |
What the People say | ||
Metacritic.com users 173 users | 17 | |
Rottentomatoes users 36242 users | 16 | |
Internet 29519 Netizens Excellent, ultimately bleak | 16 | |
Average .. 75% | 15 |