Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Brad Pitt all play superlatively determined characters in a film that pleasingly explains the financial crash. I have watched this a few times now and it is still as fresh as the first time. There have been one or two negative reviews, and I kinda get their points, but I still think they have judged it on lesser criteria (and in line with personal political viewpoints) which leads to say this isn't for everyone. But it is a tightly scripted, expressive and well paced film which will keep the more intrigued viewer glued to the end. And we all know what happens in the end. This is like "Titanic" in that sense...