All-star cast in credit crunch movie

The Big Short has been called a tragicomedy and it is currently opening up at cinemas around the world.

The film has a heavyweight Hollywood cast that includes Steve Carell, Brad Pitt, Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale.

The story is inspired by the 2008 global financial crisis - and it manages to make hard to comprehend concepts like "credit default swaps" understandable to the average moviegoer.

Talking Movies' Tom Brook reports.