Confusingly enjoyable

Rating: 6/10 (22 November 2019)

The Big Short is a film everyone should watch at least once in their life due to the film's attempt of tackling and watering down the rocket science of America's housing and stock market. The whole film shows the slow but lethal rise in housing mortgages which began in the 1970s and was the most dangerous during the 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis.
To put it simply, this film is confusing, a little too confusing, but nonetheless, still very enjoyable because of the acting and storytelling. The star of the film for me is Steve Carrell, his best acting in my opinion is put on display in this film. The Big Short was able to make the transition of Steve, the goofy man-child in The Office and The 40-year old Virgin, to his stern gritty self in Foxcatcher and The Big Short. Alongside Carrell, Bale, Gosling and Pitt deliver very good performances of their real-life counterparts..
Even when the film employed star cameos such as Selena Gomez playing poker to Margot Robbie in a bathtub sipping champagne simplifying Triple-A stocks in the hopes to somehow grab our attention, we still watch the scenes with a big 'wtf' in the back of our head. Some people will not like this film for the reason that it is too much work and effort to understand on the go. I even had trouble myself understanding the context fully while watching but because of outstanding dialogue and great acting, I kept on going for the 2hr 10mim. That is the real magic of this film, showcasing an actor's ability in delivering stellar performances with a subject not familiar very well with the general consensus. It's almost as if we were there with them, in the offices, conference rooms or Wall Street itself.
The Big Short is living proof that a film with great characters, acting and dialogue has more precedence over conventional plots and storylines.