Brilliantly complicated and definitive in its financial assessment of the 2008 crisis

Rating: 9/10 (4 January 2016)

This is a story about the greed centered financial system of the world, with the U.S.A. being at the center. It tells how this greed machine worked itself into the depths of a global recession. But unlike other movies that have come out on the 2008 mortgage crisis, this one does not focus on the after effects and the human suffering but rather gives a very erudite and somewhat esoteric view of the crisis; highlighting the causes, decisions, events that led to the crisis--the absolutely shocking, disgusting and lamentable deliberateness of the stake holders and apathy of the regulators.
The cast (Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Brad Pitt among others) is top notch and the movie is interesting and well edited albeit a little complicated if you want to hang on to every word and understand it. But this comes off as a thoroughly researched and responsible film, which voices its displeasure at the atrocious behavior that caused so much global suffering.
This is a must watch and surely one of the best movies of the year.