Reviews

Witty, fun, intelligent...what's not to like?

I love how it starts out serious then becomes ridiculous. They go from being shocked at the first murder then an hour later they're already desensitized.

It also has some of the best quotable lines. So funny.

This is up there as one of my favourite movies of all time. Always makes me laugh.

I love how this movie covers different aspects on how everything went downhill. How easy it was for those in finance or real estate can pull the wool over one's eyes.

I worked a few years for a credit card company from 2007-2010 and there were a lot of little tricks they did to confuse people & get more money. Usually through payment dates, insurance etc . All legal just...immoral. But it taught us a lot.

When our company was careful with credit limits, some of those credit card companies going bankrupt in the USA were not. I spoke to a person whose one card company went bankrupt & asked all customers for their money back. Some people borrowed 60k on one credit card so they suddenly had to pay it off in weeks...and some couldn't transfer that debt anywhere.

The system allowed people to borrow 5x their income.

So watching this movie I kept going 'yes' and 'that right there!' I learned so much from that job & what I don't know, this movie did a good job at explaining it so I could understand.

I remember the chaos back then, I remember the news reports...but this movie covered things that I'd never heard of before.

After I watched this I asked my brother who is in finances & he explained some things to me. Mainly how the Canadian housing market is different so while we took a huge hit back then , we weren't crippled the way Americans were. He said Europe was also hit hard but the American system was hit the worst.

Very interesting but I feel sad for anyone who had been victims of all those con men who called themselves experts.

Love this movie. Very well done. Great script, research, & great acting.

Overall it's...not bad.

Both Channing Tatum & Brad Pitt were amusing. I feel like Daniel Radcliffe could've been used better.

Sandra Bullock was...okay.

I feel like the first half of the movie she shone. Then for some reason the second half of the movie her character just felt off. Maybe she was dealing with personal issues? I don't think the second half of the movie was her strongest.

So because of that I wonder if the movie was shot in two parts . Maybe before /during the pandemic? I dunno but it felt like there was a shift. I wouldn't blame anyone fir dealing with that though.

To be honest this movie was kind of a parody of the movie Romancing the Stone. A few others that watched it said the same thing.

But overall it was still entertaining.