I expected more

Rating: 6/10 (3 January 2016)

"The Big Short" tells the story of different individuals who foresaw the 2007 credit and housing bubble collapse a couple years before the U.S. financial crisis got underway.
The film is an unconventional movie that covers a lot of ground. It's more economics lecture than a movie. Transformation of Lewis' not-so-cinematic book into an engaging big screen narrative isn't a complete success. All the pieces of a great film were there but movie fails to deliver. Bale's at once fragile and seamless characterization of Michael Burry is one of the film's most understated yet effective contributions, while Steve Carell again demonstrates his impressive versatility.
Verdict: The movie certainly has important information to impart, but it's more exhausting than exhaustive and long on words instead of wisdom. As an information dump, "The Big Short" is a solid success, as entertainment, it's just a bull in a bear market.
Rating: 6+/7-