Margin Call The Rewatchables
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Margin Call

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Better than The Big Short; top ten of fifteen years; Moore as leader in a 2022 version (disputed)

In the discussion (3)
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  • Margin Call is preferred to The Big Short as more satisfying and rewatchable, with explicit agreement.
  • The film is called one of the ten best movies of the preceding fifteen years, without a ranked list of other films.
  • A 2022 version might make Moore the leader instead of the lone female scapegoat; that prediction is challenged on period accuracy and changing contemporary expectations.