MARGIN CALL (15, 106 mins) 7/10
JUNIOR risk analysts Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) and Seth Bregman (Penn Badgley) watch with horror as human resources sweeps through their floor, pulling aside employees, including their boss Eric (Stanley Tucci), as part of a massive redundancy plan.
”Be careful,” Eric warns Peter, handing his brightest underling a memory stick before he is escorted from the building. Peter spends the night assessing the data and he makes a horrifying discovery. The company’s formula for long-term growth is fatally flawed. Having alerted senior colleague Will Emerson (Paul Bettany) and head of sales Sam Rogers (Kevin Spacey), Peter and Seth watch in awe as high-ranking executives, including head of securities Jared Cohen (Simon Baker) and ballsy head of risk assessment Sarah Robertson (Demi Moore), rush to the office in the dead of night. Then CEO John Tuld (Jeremy Irons, above) listens with cool detachment as Peter reiterates his sobering findings.
