Margin Call

Mo' money, mo' problems.


Nominated for:
Original Screenplay (J.C. Chandor)

This here's a little film with a good script and big name actors. But despite all the big names (and big themes) involved, the film's direction is all off, and feels like first-time director J.C. Chandor didn't know how to handle all the talent he had in front of him. Scenes with Stanely Tucci, Kevin Spacey and Jeremy Irons hold up, but that is probably because of their acting skills, and not much else. A better director would have brought out the subtleties of the scripts, and lessened the awkwardness of all those talking heads.

All in all, the film is quite topical, but if you want to watch a movie about our recent little stock market disaster, you'd probably be better off watching last year's documentary Inside Job.

Eli

PS - As per usual, I seem to be in the minority about this one.