Total FilmSteering clear of overt condemnation or adulation of morally dubious characters, this is sophisticated cinema that respects ...
The New York TimesIt is a tale of greed, vanity, myopia and expediency that is all the more damning for its refusal to moralize.
Salon ArtsChandor's impressive debut film does indeed capture its cast of high-powered bankers as human beings, and features one of Ke...
Rolling StoneMargin Call is an explosive drama that speaks lucidly and scarily to the times we live in.
The Boston GlobeThe severe imbalance between argot and emotion makes it impossible to care much about most of what we see.
Los Angeles TimesMargin Call takes ripped-from-the-headlines events and dramatizes them for all they're worth. Which turns out to be quite a ...
Wall Street JournalChilling and enjoyable in unequal measure. Entertainment predominates, but entertainment with smarts, and a well-honed edge.
New York Daily NewsHow good is J.C. Chandor's debut? So good I was ready to buy what he was selling even though I didn't entirely understand it...
New York PostThough fictionalized and understated, Margin Call effectively voices the same outrage that the Occupy Wall Street movement i...
Washington PostA smart, harrowing and mordant drama set inside a fictional Wall Street firm at the trip-wire moment just before the 2008 fi...
ReelViewsLong ago, the concept of "money" was devised as a means by which commerce could be simplified - after all, it's easier to ca...
Chicago Sun-TimesThe physical world of the film itself is effective. It's all glass, steel and protocol, long black cars and executive perks,...
CinematicalWhat could have been a dynamic narrative instead ends up as baffling and quite often as boring as an Economy 101 textbook.
Hollywood ReporterTopical drama about the financial crisis lacks the visceral punch to grab an audience.
/FilmSadly, Margin Call is an unfortunate lesson in what happens when you make a movie that, like The Social Network, features do...
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Partial Film Information
Director: J.C. Chandor
Writer: J.C. Chandor
Studio: Roadside Attractions
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons
Release: October 10, 2011
Writer: J.C. Chandor
Studio: Roadside Attractions
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons
Release: October 10, 2011
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