Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2016)
A small financial institution called Abacus becomes the only company criminally indicted in the wake of the United States' 2008 mortgage crisis. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Steve James
Starring: Neil Barofsky, Ti-Hua Chang, Jiayang Fan
Genre: Documentary
Country: USA
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Abacus: Small Enough to Jail belongs to 4 collections
1. Business, Finance and Economics (collaborative: moderated by djross - 11 stars)
2. Best by different standards (public: sesito71 - 6 stars)
3. 90th Academy Awards: Nominated (2018) ? (public: 5Z5qjRCfM2 - 1 star)
4. 40th Portland International Film Festival (2017) ? (public: 5Z5qjRCfM2)
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| Oct 24, 2019 |  |
glumpy_99 | 80 60th |
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Closely observed portrait of the Abacus Bank's effective scapegoating as the one "scalp" recovered during the GFC nevertheless dulls its impact trying to make the sentimental case against its prosecution (the dips into IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE are almost unforgivable missteps) - while Abacus was far from the worst offender, more interesting (and probing) questions should have been asked as to *why* this bank. Still compelling as a dissection of the ensuing criminal case and trial.
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| Feb 27, 2018 |  |
cowfrappe | 66 47th |
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An affecting portrait of a family & community that reads as hopelessly biased in its portrayal.
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| Feb 23, 2018 |  |
Timon88 | 68 63rd |
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"Incompetence combined with arrogance." Well, welcome to the U.S. Government. Well-done documentary that tells an important tale of government hypocrisy (this was the ONLY bank they decided to prosecute in the wake of such widespread malfeasance???).
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| Feb 13, 2018 |  |
Kavu | 70 49th |
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Quite partial in its narration, but interesting nevertheless. Good depiction of a Chinese core family.
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| Average Percentile 52.39% from 70 Ratings |  |