Synopsis
A thriller that revolves around the key people at an investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
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Cast
- Kevin SpaceySam Rogers
- Zachary QuintoPeter Sullivan
- Demi MooreSarah Robertson
- Jeremy IronsJohn Tuld
- Paul BettanyWill Emerson
- Stanley TucciEric Dale
- Simon BakerJared Cohen
- Ashley WilliamsHeather Burke
- Penn BadgleySeth Bregman
- Mary McDonnellMary Rogers
Recommendations
- 91
Entertainment Weekly
You could describe Margin Call as a thriller (it's wired with suspense), yet the tension all comes from words. - 88
ReelViews
The movie with which it has the closest relationship may be "Glengarry Glen Ross." The same sense of desperation, the same need to make the sale, permeates Margin Call. Both films are to some degree about the dehumanizing impact of money and both are driven more by characters than plot points. - 80
Variety
J.C. Chandor's precocious writing-directing debut is fastidious, smart and more than a bit portentous as it probes the human costs of unchecked greed. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
A hell of a picture. And shrewd. - 75
Orlando Sentinel
This compelling-acted film explains, better than any soundbite, why people have taken to the streets, "occupying" centers of finance. If their rage is unfocused, Margin Call suggests, that's with good reason. There are no real heroes or villains here, just human beings with human failings making BIG human mistakes. - 63
Slant Magazine
A portrait of the eve of 2008's financial crisis that plays out with funereal inevitability, Margin Call loves speechifying, but the film is far more assured when lingering in the silence of its morally compromised characters. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
The first-rate cast cannot be faulted. Chandor has assembled an extraordinary ensemble. - 60
Time Out
Escalation is the main thing Margin Call has going for it, as more substantial actors are trotted out to have their way with Chandor's realistic-sounding boardroom dialogue.
