I recently watched the HBO film Too Big to Fail and it was nothing short of amazing. This website is by no means geared toward rating movies, but HBO Films needs to be applauded for their remarkable job. This movie displays the troubling events of the financial meltdown of 2008 and focuses more closely on U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The star-driven cast allows viewers to connect the dots and reflect on the turbulence which happened not too long ago.

The movie even ventures to break down, in the most basic terms, what caused the financial breakdown along with how it could have brought this country to its knees. I have recently written a forty-page thesis on the recent financial crisis, yet I am blown away by the activities that happened behind closed doors during those tense weeks. This is no documentary, but rather it’s a real-time investigation of events such as the collapses of both Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, Bank of America’s attempts to purchase other banks, the organization of Wall Street to save Main Street, and more importantly the construction of TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program).

In 2008, the fate of the world’s economy was decided within a matter of weeks. I urge all my readers, whether business-driven or not, to watch this movie in order to grasp a true understanding of what really went on in this nation during that period.