The Big Short

"While there is a certain undeniable fascination in watching [it] (...) you can never escape the thought that Paramount probably made this film only because of the success of 'The Wolf of Wall Street' (...) and then recall how much better made and more entertaining that was than what's onscreen here." 

"A true crime story and a madcap comedy, a heist movie and a scalding polemic, 'The Big Short' will affirm your deepest cynicism about Wall Street while simultaneously restoring your faith in Hollywood" 

"The Big Short is brilliantly constructed by McKay to hit where it hurts (...) A slapstick tragedy that makes us wish we could see every character in it behind bars (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)" 

"A funny, energetic and self-aware film that manages to entertain without diluting the complications - or the gravity - of its subject matter" 

"The subject matter is dry, but at least it’s made entertaining in director Adam McKay’s The Big Short (...) The hypercool version of a boring economics lesson you slept through in college (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" 

"Some movies contain one or two scenes you always think about when you think about that movie. With The Big Short, there are a dozen such scenes (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)" 

"There's an unmistakable, scathing sense of outrage behind the whole endeavor, and it's impossible not to admire McKay's reckless willingness."