Margin Call(2011)- User Reviews

"its a shame these guys got away with what they did." what guys? Bill Clinton and his housing secretary who in 1999 created sub-prime 100% financed home loans for those with poor credit histories? Bill Clinton and Al Gore who pushed for an got NAFTA passed and signed so the people's jobs went to other countries while they couldn't get out of their mortgages? Barney Frank and others who forced banks to make these sub-prime loans. The guys in congress (lead by Frank) who wanted no oversite of Fannie and Freddie? The guys who took these loans for houses they couldn't afford even with a job?

I completely agree. Within 10 minutes of the film, when all those characters said **** me - I said to my friends watching with me, this is Screenwriter Bad Writing 101. How did some crap like this get the greenlight? How did this guy get all these stars in it? It's up for an Oscar for best original screenplay? That's it. I will never write again. How did the reader ever read through 5 pages without noticing all the jargon. This was a second draft at most. I think everyone participated because they were too afraid to say they didn't understand the sub-prime meltdown. Margin Call isn't even the correct term. I've been a Financial Advisor for 10 years. I knew what they meant... but I could never see the public understanding all that jargon. Plus, they were completely exaggerating the terms... phew!