Too Big to Fail

  • 2011


MOVIE IS excellent serious partisan important complicated
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Positive Reviews 14
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Average Rating 2.8/5
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2.0
What could have been a snoozy jeremiad becomes something closer to a thriller. EW
2.0
What keeps Too Big To Fail from being a dry run through recent history is its lightning pace, in which the stakes of the nation remain keenly at the f .. Indie Wire
1.0
Would Fiona be filmed raising a saucy eyebrow in a gondola She would. The Guardian
0.6
You know youre in trouble when youre watching a film and, in real time, in your minds eye, youre watching some alternate film thats much better more d ..
1.5
The movie may do an adequate job of mining whats left of our collective outrage, but it comes up short as an artistic expression of post recession cat ..
1.5
Unfortunately, though the film tries to get across all the machinations as swiftly and as simply as possible, its a lot of people sitting around and t .. Collider
3.5
No film studio would want to produce a complicated and ultimately depressing story about how greed nearly took down Wall Street and the entire economi .. The Hollywood Reporter
4.5
This version of events is largely correct, I think, and the movie tells it with exemplary clarity. Ive never come closer than the two minutes after wa .. The New York Times
4.5
As a documentary, Too Big to Fail was excellent, with credible performances, a taut script and the expected HBO varnish. As a drama, its flaw was that .. Telegraph
1.5
Pretty consistent low key entertainment if not exactly enlightening or gripping .
4.0
Director Curtis Hanson paces the whole thing like a thriller, as if the fate of the entire world were at stake. By the end, even if we dont entirely u .. San Francisco Chronicle
4.5
Whether you agree or disagree, the film sorts out a complex situation in simple and human terms. Ny Daily News
4.0
This is undeniably an important story, told in a relatively no nonsense fashion, about a complex set of events that even people who watch PBS Frontlin .. Philly
3.0
The standout performance comes from Hurt, whose careworn Paulson is at the centre of the maelstrom that has had such a serious impact on the global ec .. Radio Times
2.5
What you really want, maybe, is the droning and drilling of Johnny Greenwoods music for There Will Be Blood, another drama about capitalism and its di .. Slate
3.5
Takes a topic that could have felt like homework and turns it into effective entertainment even if that entertainment might teach you something along .. Uproxx
4.5
Without taking an partisan position on what happened... Too Big To Fail simply and clearly explicates a chilling moment in recent history. And for tha .. Tv Av Club
2.5
Although its handsomely directed and competently acted, Too Big, even with its narrow focus on the events of fall 2008, tackles too much story with to .. Las Vegas Weekly
4.5
The ride is engrossing. And successful, in that it is bound to leave most viewers with a better grasp of the sequence of events that unfolded in 2008. Wsj
0.5
The movie... captures the frustration of government officials as each hole they patched was followed by an even bigger leak. La Times
1.0
Just a dramatized synopsis in which some noble cynics guard our citadel. It is hardboiled instead of admitting that the egg just exploded. New Republic
3.0
Too Big to Fail effectively follows the money while humanizing most of the moneychangers. Uncle Barky
4.5
You feel all the anguish, desperation, humor, and, yes, gallantry of the moment. Baltimoresun
2.5
Too Big to Fail ultimately comes off as a talky, surprisingly dull drama that all too often feels a reenactment on a financial news network. Google
4.5
At its best, Too Big to Fail captures the inherent dysfunction in the system, which ensures that a perfect solution especially against the backdrop of .. San Francisco Chronicle
0.0
If not for the seriousness of the situation the potential for a new Great Depression Too Big to Fail could play as a black comedy. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2.0
Too Big to Fail is a chronicle of recent events... But it fails to transform those events into anything valuable or special, beyond docudramatic re cr .. Boston Globe
4.5
HBOs rendition of the Wall Street meltdown still manages to feel fresh, entertaining, and even educational. But does it get to the point



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