Just saw The Big Short and liked it, but it doesn't really rank as a top movie in any year.. except possible this one.
A lot of good moments, but I think it delivered on the comedy while failing to indict the big banks from a position of moral authority. Which is hardly surprising, I suppose. The whole Steve Carrell plot line, which was supposed to be the moral heart of the story, never quite pays off the way it's supposed to (hah!). Marissa Tomei is wasted in her small role as her wife, and the brother's suicide angle felt shoehorned - which is a terrible thing for the family of Mark Baum if it's something that actually happened.