the crisis, and now only ten financial institutions hold 77% of all U.S. banking assets and have been declared too big to fail. Cast The cast includes the following: William Hurt as Henry Paulson (U.S. Treasury Secretary and former Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs) Edward Asner as Warren Buffett (Primary shareholder, Chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway) Billy Crudup as Timothy Geithner (President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York) Paul Giamatti as Ben Bernanke (Chairman of the Federal Reserve) Topher Grace as Jim Wilkinson (Chief of Staff, U.S. Treasury Department) Matthew Modine as John Thain (Chairman and CEO, Merrill Lynch) Cynthia Nixon as Michele Davis (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Public Relations and Director of Policy Planning) Michael O'Keefe as Chris Flowers (Chairman and CEO, J.C. Flowers & Co.) Bill Pullman as Jamie Dimon (Chairman and CEO, JPMorgan Chase) Tony Shalhoub as John Mack (Chairman and CEO, Morgan Stanley) James Woods as Dick Fuld (Chairman and CEO, Lehman Brothers) Ayad Akhtar as Neel Kashkari (Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Economics and Development) Kathy Baker as Wendy Paulson (Wife of Henry Paulson) Amy Carlson as Erin Callan (CFO, Lehman Brothers) Evan Handler as Lloyd Blankfein (Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs) John Heard as Joe Gregory (President and COO, Lehman Brothers) Dan Hedaya as Rep. Barney Frank (Chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee (D-MA)) Peter Hermann as Christopher Cox (Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission) Chance Kelly as Bart McDade (President and COO, Lehman Brothers) Tom Mason as Bob Willumstad (Chairman and CEO, AIG) Ajay Mehta as Vikram Pandit (CEO, Citigroup) Tom Tammi as Jeffrey Immelt (CEO, General Electric) Laila Robins as Christine Lagarde (French Finance Minister) Victor Slezak as Greg Curl (Director of Planning, Bank of America) Joey Slotnick as Dan Jester (Retired Goldman Sachs banker and newly appointed Paulson Advisor) Casey Biggs as Richard Kovacevich (Chairman, Wells Fargo & Company) Steve Tom as Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) Bud Jones as Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Jonathan Freeman as Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) Linda Glick as Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House of Representatives (D-CA)) Patricia Randell as Sheila Bair (Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) George Taylor as Sir Callum McCarthy (Chairman of the Financial Services Authority) Reception Critical reception On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 74%, based on 27 reviews, and an average rating of