Movie · Biography · Drama

In 2008, Wall Street guru Michael Burry realizes that a number of subprime home loans are in danger of defaulting. Burry bets against the housing market by throwing more than $1 billion of his investors' money into credit default swaps. His actions attract the attention of banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), hedge-fund specialist Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and other greedy opportunists. Together, these men make a fortune by taking full advantage of the impending economic collapse in America.

2015 · 2h 10m
  • 89%
  • 16+
Director Adam McKay

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In 2008, Wall Street guru Michael Burry realizes that a number of subprime home loans are in danger of defaulting. Burry bets against the housing market by throwing more than $1 billion of his investors' money into credit default swaps. His actions attract the attention of banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling), hedge-fund specialist Mark Baum (Steve Carell) and other greedy opportunists. Together, these men make a fortune by taking full advantage of the impending economic collapse in America.

COMMON SENSE

Finance dramedy turns complex ideas into gripping cinema.

TOMATOMETER
Average 7.8
Reviews 324
Fresh 288
Rotten 36

Information

Studio
Paramount
Released
2015
Run Time
2 hr 10 min
Rated
R for pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity.
Content Advisories
Suggestive Dialogue, Language, Sexual Content
Region of Origin
United States
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Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.