Inside Job 2010

Todd McCarthy, indieWIRE: There could not be a film more timely or relevant to why the world is in the shape its in right now than this meticulously constructed analysis of the financial mess of the past couple of years. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: Wall Street owns Washington. You might think you know this, but "Inside Job" makes you feel the enormity of it. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: This scathing expose should be enough to alarm people all over the political spectrum. Read more

A.O. Scott, New York Times: By the end Mr. Ferguson has summoned the scourging moral force of a pulpit-shaking sermon. That he delivers it with rigor, restraint and good humor makes his case all the more devastating. Read more

Stephen Garrett, Time Out: Vivid in execution, impeccably produced and downright damning. Read more

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture: You say Inside Job is a bit like a classroom documentary? Its a class you need to take. Read more

Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal: It's a scathing examination of the global economic meltdown that began more than two years ago and continues to affect our lives. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Inside Job is as much crisp, professional journalism as ballsy takedown, and the film's two sides complement rather than detract from each other. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: F you've been affected by the bottom dropping out of the economy -- who hasn't? -- but didn't know where to target your disappointment, your frustration, your rage, Inside Job gives you the answer: Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is a work of sustained, nonpartisan rage. Its anger is always simmering, never all-consuming. Ferguson knows what it is he wants to say, and the movie goes about its point-making with lawyerly precision. Read more

J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader: [Ferguson] can get to a story later but provide so much more context that his film seems definitive. Read more

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Ferguson takes the time to be clear about what he's arguing, and whom he's blaming for what. With just two feature-length talking-heads docs, Ferguson has done a great deal to restore confidence in the genre. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: There have been plenty of books, articles, and movies about the 2007-08 financial meltdown and what led up to it, but if you're looking for a first-rate all-in-one overview, it doesn't get much better than Charles Ferguson's Inside Job. Read more

Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News: Whether it's parsing the definition of a derivative or detailing the bad faith of major financial institutions, the new documentary Inside Job approaches its deconstruction of the financial meltdown with laserlike focus. Read more

Duane Byrge, Hollywood Reporter: Powerful takedown of the financial services industry and Wall Street greed. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: After watching Charles Ferguson's powerhouse documentary about the global economic crisis, you will more than understand what went down -- you will be thunderstruck and boiling with rage. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Inside Job is densely packed with information, charts and graphics, but the film is propelled by an angry, fiery pulse... Read more

David Denby, New Yorker: Indignation is often the most self-deluding of emotions; this movie has the rare gifts of lucid passion and informed rage. Read more

Bob Mondello, NPR: Clarity and efficiency may not be the sexiest of cinematic virtues, but in Inside Job ? Charles Ferguson's rip-roaring, Wall-Street-damning documentary about 2008's global financial meltdown ? they sure prove powerful tools. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: The endless skein of talking heads and bar graphs make no attempt to be cinematic and will have even the most excitable viewers struggling to stay alert. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: A damning indictment of the individuals and institutions who made money while customers lost their shirts. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: An angry, well-argued documentary about how the American financial industry set out deliberately to defraud the ordinary American investor. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: There's such a thing as smart angry, and such a thing as stupid angry, and after seeing Inside Job, audiences will be smart angry. Read more

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: This is no dry economics lesson; it is a vital wake-up call. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: A trained economist might challenge his analysis, but there's no question that Ferguson, who holds a PhD in political science and is a former business consultant, is a formidable interviewer. Read more

Gayle MacDonald, Globe and Mail: Get ready to get angry, but also squirm with delight. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: It should have you leaving the theatre in the same angry mood that fuelled Toronto Mayor-elect Rob Ford's "Stop the Gravy Train!" mantra. Read more

Dave Calhoun, Time Out: You'll need a clear head to follow this impressive and angry American doc about the financial meltdown... Read more

Rob Nelson, Variety: The definitive screen investigation of the global economic crisis, providing hard evidence of flagrant amorality -- and of a new nonfiction master at work. Read more

J. Hoberman, Village Voice: My vision was clouded by the steam wafting from my ears. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Inside Job traces the history of the crisis and its implications with exceptional lucidity, rigor and righteous indignation. Read more