"They're not admitting, they're bragging"

Rating: 8/10 (22 April 2017)

The housing collapse of the mid 2000's affected just about everybody in many humanistic ways. The loss of jobs, homes, retirement, dignity, hope and dreams. The end results are shown through this film showing the greed and Teflon coating of Wall Street, here is relation to the mortgage industries and the trading involved surrounding the performance instability of their assorted products. The pop culture of Americans at the time is shown as establishing shots, and it's quite sad to see what is celebrated as success. "It was too good to be true" rings throughout and the moralistic viewpoint is driven hard. As a mortgage industry professional, I see this as a brutally honest overview of the attitudes of those who stood to profit on the retail side of the issues. Those Florida Loan Officers are portrayed quite accurately. There is a solid amount of audience participation, experienced through actors speaking directly to the audience out of character to ensure the x's and o's of the discussion are clear as crystal. As Wall Street jargon and the speed of which it is "name dropped" for showmanship also is brought down to the viewer level through celebrity cameos reiterating the fancy scenario is fast paced, but still plain English. This is where the movie works best, as you can not expose an issue if the audience doesn't understand what you are saying, and it's not entertaining is taught as a school lesson. A necessary film and an honest experience perked up with clever perspectives.