Alien at the Movies

This is the true story about some individuals (played by Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, & Brad Pitt) who foresaw the 2007-2010 crash in the U.S. Housing market & tried to profit from their prediction. The general public may be bored and/or lost in this financial jargon loaded movie even though the clever script tries to dumb it down using Jenga blocks, food analogy  by a famous restauranteur, & a blackjack analogy with Selena Gomez. If you get the meaning of the title or have an huge interest in the high finance/housing market, you may enjoy this odd but well-made film that tries to use humor to tell this ultimately depressing story.

Alien gives it 2 "Collateralized Debt Obligation" stars out of 4.