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People are voting emotionally.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Lots of well known actors, yet as most of us know, that isn't always the ingredient for a great movie. This one went a step further, and gifted us with a great story as well.Basically, over a period of more or less 24 hours, you see the inner machinations of a business run by people you may see every day ... who I'd like to think are nothing like real people (but know better). People who deal in gauging the value of, and buying and selling trades and commodities, as easy as they gauge the value of .... and then use or discard, other people.It is taut, purposefully kept at an even pace, and mostly, it is REALLY well acted by most everyone in front of the camera.The reason for my spoiler warning, and why I didn't give it a straight 10, was that as hackneyed or candy-coated as it would have been, I SO would have preferred an ending where Tucci's character, "got his" by having schemed the entire thing up and forcing them into collapse. That would have made me smile for days. Let's face it though, having been loosely based on the market chaos of 2008, and more so, based on the real world of trading and back room deals, who am I to have expected a happy ending for the guy?Lastly, in going through other reviews here, I can't help but think about how different we all are, and how some people understood and could appreciate such a well presented glimpse into board rooms everywhere (not just Wall Street, but across America in the buildings of every large American corporation today), and how others just didn't get it, understand, or care.

Heavily understated and implied reenactment of one unnamed firm's involvement in the 2008 stockmarket crash. I have had a bit to do with share trading (was never too good at it) so I know the background of what is being discussed and enacted, but many wouldn't I believe. Even "Margin Call" is never discussed or explained, and a trading screen is never seen in close-up.There is a certain tension in the movie, you do sense something big and terrible on a global scale is about to happen, but you never get to actually see it. What you do see is people who would like to do otherwise (like according to conscience) being bought off because of the Almighty Dollar - yeah f#$k, give me a million and I'll write what you like...6/10

Shame films such as this doesn't score big box office figures. I have read the reviews of a few who state the film is boring because the script is too intelligent. to those I say the film is based on the financial crash. It shows how a risk analyst figured out how high leverage had exposed the company to greater risk. We can see what happens when the first companies had figured their risk. The aggressive trading is insightful as it shows the amount of money they are willing to loose on every trade due to high risk. So the film will of course require some general sense of economics and finance. Again its a shame it didn't gather higher box office.

What an excellent cast for this movie that depicts how the Wall Street collapse of 2008-9 could have been triggered. The firm seems to have overextended itself. Now what were they going to do about it?This film featured excellent acting, and tight script, and really strong character development. You really felt you learned some of the key parts of each person within the swift 1hr40min film.It was interesting to see how the chain of command was played out, with Zach Quinto reporting to their boss Will (Paul Bettan) who reports to Sam (Kevin Spacey) who reports to Jared (Simon Baker) who finally reports to CEO Jeremy Irons. But in the end, the CEO got the straight story directly from the young Quinto. The director JC Chandor did a terrific job depicting the cut throat life on Wall St, layoffs, big money, fascination with salaries, it all revolves around money. No apologies were made for making the money, or losing the money. Perhaps you learned the most from the CEO's chat with Sam at the end. In the end, it seems with sad acceptance that we all are slaves to money in some sort. the movie is telling us that there are always winners, and losers, and you don't need to apologize for being either. This was a far superior film compared to the trashy Wolf of Wall St. Margin Call makes you think a lot about what is really important in your life at the end of the day. Money, sure, but other stuff needs to play a key role too.You should really enjoy this film - great acting, great screenplay, great direction.