Inside Job

This film is dense. It attempts to cover a complicated topic, with words and phrases that are, in themselves, quite difficult to understand. And yet, Charles Ferguson's documentary on the 2008 financial crash and the events / acts / people that led up to that crash is concise, timely, and well constructed. Ferguson's film builds its case from the days of Ronald Reagan and deregulation, shows how mortgages and insurance play their part, and ends, brilliantly, with squirming arguments from squirming men. Although Ferguson's film is quite complex, watching the film feels as if you're undertaking a noble cause as a citizen to understand. This is the power of Ferguson's documentary, and in the very sense of that word, it documents the outrage of the 2008 financial crash. This film is not political but it covers political acts, swaying it towards a final outrage that seems rational and intelligent. INSIDE JOB will be the definitive film on what happened in this time, just how Michael Moore's great FAHRENHEIT 9/11 is the definitive film on what happened during its time. It is a full film, undertaking all of the aspects that are important or at the forefront of a situation.
Inside Job: ★★★★