This is riveting for the most part with excellent acting from everyone involved. The premiss, albeit easy and straightforward, is exciting and brings you along for a ride.
This could have been absolute masterpiece with tiny changes, more time for production and directing, and with a few minor changes to the script. The problem is that those seemingly minor issues causes big problem with the flow of the story and if it wasn't for the fantastic acting this would fall apart as a deck of cards fairly quickly. Perhaps most notably is the ending, the last 5-10min is meh, and do not stick the landing at all. The entire riveting plot and amazing acting lands in a dog getting buried and a character we never seen before uttering sentences about another character we never meet or sees. With no other real conclusion, it feels like the movie cheat us of the ending we should have got.
Another sad thing is that nothing is mentioned about the main culprit; the government - which was the driving force behind these derivatives and other scams that led to the crash. Instead it seem to be implied that unscrupolous corporates do not care about the people, which is true but its only one part of the story.
Another thing to note is that the crisis of 2007-2008 was a minor one. The one we have ahead of us, coming soon, is much bigger and the reason is pretty much the same.
This could have been absolute masterpiece with tiny changes, more time for production and directing, and with a few minor changes to the script. The problem is that those seemingly minor issues causes big problem with the flow of the story and if it wasn't for the fantastic acting this would fall apart as a deck of cards fairly quickly. Perhaps most notably is the ending, the last 5-10min is meh, and do not stick the landing at all. The entire riveting plot and amazing acting lands in a dog getting buried and a character we never seen before uttering sentences about another character we never meet or sees. With no other real conclusion, it feels like the movie cheat us of the ending we should have got.
Another sad thing is that nothing is mentioned about the main culprit; the government - which was the driving force behind these derivatives and other scams that led to the crash. Instead it seem to be implied that unscrupolous corporates do not care about the people, which is true but its only one part of the story.
Another thing to note is that the crisis of 2007-2008 was a minor one. The one we have ahead of us, coming soon, is much bigger and the reason is pretty much the same.