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Name: Margin Call
Director: J.C. Chandor
Genre: drama, thriller
Released: 2011
Duration: 1 h 47 min
Rating: 7.1

Margin Call has an iRankMovies score of 75.9/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

Margin Call (2011)

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Release:2011

Runtime:1h 47m

Country:United States

Director:J.C. Chandor

Language:English

Genre

DramaThriller

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Keywords

CapitalismBrokerageWall StreetBased On True StoryMoralityEconomicsDownsizingFinancial Crisis

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Margin Call rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 160K votes

Rotten Tomatoes87%

Metacritic76%

TMDb6.862/10· 2K votes

With 87% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 76/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Margin Call

Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.

Cast of Margin Call

Kevin Spacey
as Sam Rogers
Zachary Quinto
as Peter Sullivan
Paul Bettany
as Will Emerson
Jeremy Irons
as John Tuld
Simon Baker
as Jared Cohen
Penn Badgley
as Seth Bregman
Demi Moore
as Sarah Robertson
Stanley Tucci
as Eric Dale
Ashley Williams
as Heather Burke
Mary McDonnell
as Mary Rogers
Aasif Mandvi
as Ramesh Shah
Susan Blackwell
as Lauren Bratberg

Margin Call facts

Budget: $3.5M
Box office: $19.5M

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Audience opinions

What the audience liked

•Financial crisis thriller explores capitalism economics with suspenseful drama
•Brokerage downsizing narrative captures authentic economic disaster authentically
•True story adaptation brings realism and consequential stakes to proceedings

What the audience disliked

•Complex financial jargon occasionally alienates general audience members significantly
•Corporate boardroom setting limits action variety and visual interest