In another scene, Vennett says to Baum (Carell) over the phone: "God this is intimate. There were several instances when the audience laughed in unison.Īt one point, Vennett (Gosling) says, "Tell me the difference between stupid and illegal and I'll have my wife's brother arrested."
The performances are so good, that both Steve Carell and Christian Bale have been nominated for Golden Globe Awards for "Best Actor in a Comedy" and McCay and Charles Randolph, who co-wrote the movie, were nominated for "Best Screenplay."Īn added bonus to the film is that it's actually really funny. He's the one who figures out that the housing market will crash, but it's just a matter of time. Occasionally he also likes to play with his glass eye. And of course right after someone usually pukes, the trade ideas starts to work.Ĭhristian Bale instantly pulls you in as Michael Burry, the eccentric neurologist-turned hedge-fund manager who likes to walk around barefoot and play the air drums in his California office. Over my 15 years on the Street I saw countless people puke out of their position because they couldn't take the pain any longer. And as a trader, you hear that expression all of the time because timing is everything in the markets. In the world of Wall Street, being early is the same thing as being wrong. If I had to sum up the film in one word: Conviction. But the film artistically captured the essence of how difficult and painful it can be while waiting to be right. "The Big Short" was four intertwining stories about investors who made massive bets against the housing market and banking system that led up to the financial crash of 2008.
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