Good movie, but don't watch if you have zero interest in economy

Rating: 8/10 (20 February 2016)

First time I saw this movie, I didn't understand anything at all. Maybe a little bit. On the second viewing I understood it much better, but I had to be fully concentrated.
I'm not interested in economy so I don't know much about it, but on the second viewing I even got more informed about it. The acting is maybe the best thing about this movie and while Christian Bale got nominated, I think Steve Carrel's performance was the best. Gosling was great too but Bale and Carrel were batter. I had no idea Carrel is such a good actor and I was really surprised about him. And the movie is also very well written. It dumbs everything down which really helps if you don't understand what are the characters talking about. Ot doesn't hurt the story at all because it's done in such a clever way to explain to the audience and I really liked that. And also pacing is really fast so if you understand what's going on, you won't be bored.
At the second viewing I realized that this is a very good movie, but it's still on the 7th place on my list of this year's Oscar nominees ranked (the 8th one being Spotlight). But if you are not into economy and you want to watch this movie, get informed about it first because otherwise you will barely understand anything.