As pure entertainment the movie succeeds, especially with such a stellar cast. As "truth-telling" goes, this movie, like others with similar subject matter, falls far short in succeeding. Perhaps this is due to the writers not knowing that the financial disaster portrayed in the movie would not have been possible without the Federal Reserves money-printing schemes.

Unless, and until, that part of the story is added to the equation people will not understand how such securitization madness was even possible. Without understanding this, the movie makes no sense and only one with a faulty understanding of the history of banking, money, financing and credit will buy into the "capitalism is evil" line and, I must add, something similar, or worse, will happen again. You can bet on it.

With this in mind I can only rate it 2 stars thanks only to the cast. Oh well, maybe next time...