Thanks to Anchorman (2004) auteur Adam McKay's caustic comedy The Big Short, the events of the great economic meltdown of 2008 are beginning to make sense.
– Peter Keough,
Boston Globe,
23 Dec 2015
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The Big Short manages to be as enlightening as it is entertaining. But its ominous revelations linger long after it's over.
– Tom Long,
Detroit News,
23 Dec 2015
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The Big Short is an angry, fiery movie disguised as a comedy.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
24 Dec 2015
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It's funny because it's true. And it's tragic and frightening for the same reason.
– Brad Wheeler,
Globe and Mail,
25 Dec 2015
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McKay cowrote The Big Short's screenplay with Charles Randolph, and they know how to keep an audience engaged, broadcasting this knowledge often, as both parody and indictment.