Having actually looked into the whole Barings situation as a Finance student at the time, I definitely went into this film with pre-concieved notions and ideas.
I'd come out thinking nothing different really, as this was obviously a Nick Leeson ego boost as opposed to a film, which anyone should really have spotted by the fact that he wrote the screenplay!
The film-makers glossed over the parts that made Leeson look bad, and only boosted his Rogue image, as if we were supposed to take pity on him in a way that he was a victim of the whole thing.
Again this could only have reasonably been expected, but to be quite so blase and open about it was still a surprise.
That's not to say this didn't have redeeming factors - Ewan McGregor was very good as Leeson and eminently convincable, as was Anna Friel as his wife Lisa.
Coming out of the cinema, the initial thought is that there's already enough material for a sequel. Which I won't be seeing.
I'd come out thinking nothing different really, as this was obviously a Nick Leeson ego boost as opposed to a film, which anyone should really have spotted by the fact that he wrote the screenplay!
The film-makers glossed over the parts that made Leeson look bad, and only boosted his Rogue image, as if we were supposed to take pity on him in a way that he was a victim of the whole thing.
Again this could only have reasonably been expected, but to be quite so blase and open about it was still a surprise.
That's not to say this didn't have redeeming factors - Ewan McGregor was very good as Leeson and eminently convincable, as was Anna Friel as his wife Lisa.
Coming out of the cinema, the initial thought is that there's already enough material for a sequel. Which I won't be seeing.