We never learn!

Rating: 9/10 (2 January 2016)

Adam McKay (Writer, Director, Actor and part of the team behind "Funny or Die") tackles the complicated retelling of the credit and housing bubble crash of the mid 2000's through the eyes of quirky hedge fund manager/mathematic Michael Burry (Christian Bale), FrontPoint Partner Mark Baum/Steve Eisman (Steve Carell), Deutsche Bank investor Jared Vennett/Greg Lippman (Ryan Gosling) and Cornwall Capital partner Ben Ricket/Ben Hockett (Brad Pitt), all big and small plays who along with their varied partners saw where the banks were heading. Note: Based on real characters, only Bale's character's name is actually used in the film. While it's evident the banking community has not learned from their mistakes, the film does brings into perspective what the banking system was/is doing, why the collapse occurred and what a few people saw and tried to do before and after the world came crashing down. McKay has gathered another one of 2015's great ensembles, with awards recognition talk for all involved. However, Bale's quirky and old ball character is the stand out here. Your head may be spinning from all the financial lingo tossed around in this film, but McKay (through the use of several terrific camera appearance explanations) does his best to put things into laymen terms. "The Big Short" is an engrossing film, bringing to light a terrible time in our recent financial history.