Bernie Madoff (Robert De Niro) has been a successful and influential financier and broker since the 1960s. So it comes as a shock to the Wall Street community when it's revealed that he defrauded investors of over $65 billion dollars. As the creator of the largest Ponzi scheme in history, the film follows the events of December 2008 and Madoff's downfall and the lives he destroyed including his own family. Based on the non fiction book by Diana B. Henriques (who plays herself in the movie) and directed by Barry Levinson (RAIN MAN). The film doesn't illuminate anything that we didn't already know about Madoff and there's a lot of padding here that could have been trimmed but overall, it remains a solid look at an evil man who won't or can't accept the cataclysmic harm of what he did. Levinson's direction might be questionable at times but the strong performances propel the narrative forward. As Madoff's wife, Michelle Pfeiffer bring an ambiguous empathy to her character so that you're both empathetic and unsympathetic at the same time. With Alessandro Nivola, Lily Rabe, Hank Azaria and Nathan Darrow.
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