A thorough and dramatic look at the financial crisis of 2008

Rating: 9/10 (16 September 2017)

It's smart not because it wants to but because it needs to. Facts are thrown in to this brilliant emotional narrative with just the right angles to tell the story from. It presents the hard truth to the characters and they all take it in their own way. You're watching an event that brought down the world economy through the eyes of the people who first discovered it and their reactions are what make the movie.
Steve Carell plays a well-written character with real emotion put into the performance making it his best one so far.
The way the movie is told is innovative, charming and funny when it needs to. It uses the advantage of breaking the 4th wall in unexpected ways that add to the experience. The soundtrack is fitting too.