Inside Job

Inside Job

The film that cost over $20,000,000,000,000 to make.

Directed by Charles Ferguson

Produced by Representational Pictures

2010109 min7.7 / 10

A rigorous, anger-driven documentary that methodically exposes systemic financial corruption and its devastating human cost.

A film that exposes the shocking truth behind the economic crisis of 2008. The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive research and interviews with major financial insiders, politicians and journalists, Inside Job traces the rise of a rogue industry and unveils the corrosive relationships which have corrupted politics, regulation and academia.

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  • Is Inside Job easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does Inside Job end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Inside Job sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Inside Job violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Inside Job scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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