Liberals Hate Families

Margin Call is like the business side of Up in the Air if Aaron Sorkin wrote it. It gives you insight into the behind the scenes operation of a failing company striving to stay afloat and not caring who it screws over in order to do that. It’s not a based on true events kind of movie, but you get the feeling it might as well be. The plots moves fast. The dialogue is quick and energetic. It’s a thriller without the sense of direct danger. The performances are convincing and detailed, and the writing is sharp. It’s hard to imagine a more relevant film for the times we live in, and though this film zeros in on only one of many causes of the financial crisis, it certainly exposes a whole lot of the nasty side of business.