Movie #584 "Margin Call" -- I rented this because it will be awarded the Robert Altman film for ensemble work this coming Saturday at the Spirit Awards, and I can see why. The actors all have their moments and they use them well --- a great team. I really didn't get all the financial twists and turns in this; in fact, looking at the synopsis below, I didn't think that is what it was about. I got the impression it was more than just a destruction of one company (that it would affect the market exponentially), and they were deciding how they were going to get out of it with as much money as possible ---- I never heard any argument really about telling clients. It was how can we sell this bad stock and get rid of it in a few hours before everyone finds out --- it really shows how callous they are, the further at the top they are. I often wonder if they have any morals, they who run high-powered companies like one depicted in this film, and they pretty much don't, according to this film. Yet, they cry over sick dogs and have their own individual problems. There's very little humanity, and that made me very, very sad. Suspenceful? not so much ---- intense? hmmmm, kind of, but really mostly I watched it as an exercise in acting --- it didn't change my mind about how the CEOs who were to blame for the problems on Wall Street should have been punished!
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Margin Call
(2011) R
An all-star cast shines in this engrossing drama about a critical 24-hour period at a high-profile investment bank in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis, when young analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) uncovers information that could destroy the firm. When he alerts upper management to the precarious position of their risky investments, an emergency meeting is held to decide if they should alert clients or abscond with the profits.
Genre:Thrillers
This movie is:Suspenseful
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