Whatever its flaws, The Big Short bristled with ambivalence, about both its characters—who lined their wallets from the bailout without doing much for the larger population whose assets were being decimated—and its own audience. Even as the much-touted scene where Margot Robbie discoursed on subprime mortgages while lounging in a bubble bath demystified certain verbiage, it also implied—none too kindly—that we’re collectively incapable of understanding basic concepts about money without some combination of sex, celebrity, and direct address.
— Adam Nayman (The Ringer)
Synopsis: The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.