MOVIE REVIEWS: THE BIG SHORT

This might feel a little out of left field, but Picto covers all corners of culture — and The Big Short is one of those movies that stuck with me. People have told me to watch it for years, and I finally did. I’m a big fan of Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell, and their back-and-forth in this is just electric. They somehow make a movie about the housing market crash feel fast, funny, and weirdly emotional.

What really stands out is how it explains the 2008 financial mess in a way normal people can actually follow. they break it down with fourth-wall jokes, cameos (yes, Margot Robbie in a bubble bath explaining subprime loans), and random analogies that somehow make sense. You don’t walk away an expert — but you do walk away angry, which might be the point.

At the core, it’s an underdog story. A handful of guys saw the cracks in the system and called it before anyone else. They weren’t saints — they made money off the collapse — but they also exposed how broken everything really was. And watching it now, it still hits hard.

The movie’s packed with throwbacks to 2008 — music, fashion, cocky bankers in bad suits — and somehow manages to be funny and infuriating. It’s a time capsule, a cautionary tale, and maybe one of the best films TO ENCAPSULATE modern America.

Not your typical Wall Street flick. Honestly? Might be a masterpiece.