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Too Big to Fail (TV)

Too Big to Fail

2011

Curtis Hanson

William Hurt, Ed Asner, Billy Crudup, Paul Giamatti ...

6.6

2,342

Drama Chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008 and centers on Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson.

	Author	Review
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"William Hurt turns in powerful performance as U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson in a mesmerizing movie from HBO on the near-economic implosion of 2008 that everyone should watch"	POS
United States	Michael Kinsley The New York Times	"This version of events is largely correct, I think, and the movie tells it with exemplary clarity."	POS
United States	Brian Costello Common Sense Media	"The all-star cast turns in compelling performances, and the 'fly on the wall' nature of each tense scene allows the audience to truly feel the tremendous stress and gravity of the decisions being made (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jaime N. Christley Slant	"The film is clogged with exposition and explanation, paradoxically belittling a story that’s too big for any single telling (…) Rating: ½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Jeremy Aspinall Radio Times	"Hanson's examination of the back-room machinations is thoroughly absorbing (...) Thankfully, Hanson has a first-rate cast to bring the multitude of chief executives, officials and advisers to life (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly	"[It] should not be as extravagantly entertaining as it is (...) As directed by Curtis Hanson (...) what could have been a snoozy jeremiad becomes something closer to a thriller."	POS

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