This movie was very well directed and acted. I won't even remotely pretend to have any sort of understanding of banking, or mortgages or any of the things that this movie was about. But that being said - they still managed to keep me hooked to the movie because of the acting and the directing. Steve Carrell was especially great playing a character that is pretty much the total opposite of what he usually plays. The movie exposes a lot of the corruption and no sense of morality that exists in the banking world and is sure to be mentioned several times during award nominations.
I would definitely recommend people checking this movie out. It was a great watch with awesome acting, direction and pacing of the story. The only bad part of the movie is that it leaves you hating the corruption that you know exists already even more than you did before you watched the movie.