Rating-AAA

Rating: 8/10 (8 January 2016)

Steve Carell leads the motley crew of a cast in this thoroughly entertaining flick that would not disappoint you but may leave you a tad disturbed . The plot revolves around the ignominious financial crisis of 2008 and a sequence of contemporaneous events involving a diverse set of individuals thriving at different levels of the food chain in the world of finance.
The film progresses at a comfortable pace . There is no ostensible rush in the screenplay. There is no dearth of humour - be it situational, dry or in the form of sarcasm.
Moving on, the editing is quite impressive making the movie viewer friendly.
The characterization is for me the most remarkable aspect of the movie. Notwithstanding the plethora of characters in the movie , almost the entire lead cast is graciously introduced to the audience . There is a depth to each character, that adds credibility to the dialogue (whenever delivered).
The story itself is quite engaging and plays upon the thematic elements elegantly.
In the acting department , there is no much to complain. For me the pick of the actor is Steve Carrel , who may be called the operative protagonist of the story. Christian Bale does justice to his part . So do Gosling and the rest of the cast.
The movie , however, falls short of capturing the entire procession as brilliantly as it could have . Some sequences are brilliantly shot and yet others seem under-treated. Towards the end of the second half of the movie , there are some loose fragments which disturb the general design of the film.
I would end this review by the saying that movie brilliant and extremely intelligible for a film dealing with fairly confusing financial concepts .