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Film Review – Margin Call
It’s a Thursday afternoon in 2008. A nameless investment firm on Wall Street is going through what looks to be just the latest round of layoffs. But this round is particularly brutal and ends up ejecting a significant portion of their workforce. One of the people laid off, Eric Dale, played by Stanley Tucci, has been working on something fairly important in the company’s risk management department. On his way out the door he tosses a zip drive with his research on it to one of the young analysts who is staying with the company played by Zachary Quinto. He also gives the dire warning: “Be Careful.” This simple act sets off a long night of corporate trouble that ends up being the beginning of the collapse of the American economy.
