The Big Short Ending Explained: Oh, So That’s Why We’re All F*cked

The Big Short does a great job of making complex financial topics accessible to viewers, but the movie’s ending still leaves a few aspects of its true story unclear. Based on Michael Lewis’s book of the same name about the 2008 financial crisis, Adam McKay’s 2015 film highlights how some key figures in the world of finance were able to profit from the housing market crash. Following an ensemble cast comprised of Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carrell, Brad Pitt, John Magaro, and Finn Wittrock, The Big Short shows how the main characters predicted the crash, and it depicts the fallout of their predictions coming to fruition.