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December 11, 2015
At the Movies: A bet against America pays off in ‘The Big Short'
By JAKE COYLE
AP Film Writer
AP Film Writer
In Adam McKay's comic and clear-eyed adaption of Michael Lewis' “The Big Short,” a handful of finance speculators __ outsiders and oddballs __ predict a downturn in the housing market only to realize, to their horror and immense profit, that they've effectively bet against America, and won.
It's a rollicking, outrage-fueled odyssey through the financial collapse of 2008, from the carefree offices on Wall Street to the vacant subdivisions in Florida, that gradually reveals not just a market bubble but a colossally bankrupt system and a nation that blissfully teetered into absurdity.
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