Margin Call

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  • Opened October 21, 2011 
  • 1 hr 46 min
  • R | Language
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 16+. More on child suitability

  • Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, Margin Call is a thriller entangling the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. When entry-level analyst Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster. Expanding the parameters of genre, Margin Call is a riveting examination of the human components of a subject too often relegated to partisan issues of black and white. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker
  • Director: J.C. Chandor
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Suspense/Thriller

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Intense. Intelligent. Interesting.

by QEZF

A must-see. Great cast, great look, great direction, great everything. If you have a chance, you should definitely see this movie! No finger-pointing, no good guys vs bad guys, just very human, very...

So-so
Nothing special. It's been done before

by nickiwalliser

So many of the actors in this movie I love, and that's part of the reason why I wanted to see this flick. Wall Street movies are appealing to me and I feel like this movie has been done so many times...

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Margin Call

by rcalex1

Extraordinarily tight, taught, tense -- and ultimately terrifying but in an extraordinarily cold blooded way. I thought AO Scott's review which was positive, was also off the mark. This movie is so...

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Critic Reviews

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The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
| Stephen Cole

Chandor's shrewdest bit of business is figuring out how to make an A-list movie with a $3.5-million budget. Solution: buy low, sell high. Hire last decade's A-list – Spacey, Irons and Demi Moore – and give them their best parts in years. Read full review

91
Entertainment Weekly
| Owen Gleiberman

You could describe Margin Call as a thriller (it's wired with suspense), yet the tension all comes from words. Read full review

80
New York Daily News
| Elizabeth Weitzman

While Spacey, Tucci, and Bettany are the standouts, every cast member locates disturbing notes of villainy or humanity. Read full review

80
Movieline
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Margin Call's strengths are of mood and the slick surfaces of things, and these elements are haunting long after the credits have rolled. Read full review

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Zachary Quinto as Peter Sullivan and Penn Badgley as Seth Bregman in ``Margin Call.''