The Big Short: Ratings Agency 'What are you 4?!'

Mark Baum confronts the rating agency

[JayBigDadyCy]

This is such a realistic interaction. Incredible acting.

[gregschultheis]

This is a phenomenal interaction and character. A few lines of dialogue and we know so much about her, the ratings agencies, the crime being committed.

[Melpheoser]

It's stunning that noone at rating agencies went to jail for blatantly lying, same goes for lenders and banks

[majidabdi]

One of the most eye-opening scenes: conflict of interest is everywhere. Next time think twice when you hear that corruption is rampant in emerging markets: corruption is everywhere.

[Mackinstyle]

Great acting from the S&P employee being aggressively on the back foot.

[cosmicdebris]

Lehman was still AAA the night before the collapse I'm told.

[Ixcila]

It's too bad Kendall Roy didn't maintain this level of business acumen later in life.

[albiceleste]

I love how they speak over each other instead of the usual movie cliche of waiting for everything making it seem overly scripted.

[brianfeathers]

How is he a hypocrite? He’s betting on you doing the wrong thing. That in itself isn’t wrong. She just doesn’t want to take any responsibility or accountability.

[Dunken_Donut]

"What are you four?" 😂
1:58
The delivery of his entire rebuttal was chef's kiss.

[stevenshorten]

For a woman who was blind, she saw his angle pretty quickly.

[ecxeric]

This scene always reminds me the scene in The Office when Michael Scott said “explain to me like I’m 5”😂😂

[Unfluencer]

all the criminals exposed by this film, and nothing changed.

[yashmodi]

When you realise this isn't just a movie.. but a reality which caused millions of lives to be destroyed 😢

[TastyBeverage]

This is exactly how home appraisals work. The appraiser will submit their appraisal, Banks will request that you use their comps. You can either give in, or your management company will give you less work. As an appraiser you have to really work hard to make sure you valuation is rock solid, or banks will tear you apart.

[davidkey]

As the "sense making" organs, the rating agencies are not talked about nearly enough. I would put them at nearly 100% culpability. It also doesn't make him a hypocrite, he is asking for the rating to reflect reality.

[plumper]

Bro, the way she took off the glasses when she called them out for their CDS’s. Going from “blind” to seeing clear physically and figuratively - amazing work.

[ko]

After watch Margin Call, this is a complete comedy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[timeslip]

This is ISO9000 in the machining world

[michaelfoxbrass]

The dark glasses take up 5% of the screen but 100% define the scene.
When he calls her out she removes them, immediately signaling she sees exactly what’s going on; including his own hypocrisy.