The heat is always on, the volume consistently turned all the way up, the whole thing a pile of more, more, more when a whole lot of less, less, less would have been far more effective.

Prosserman wisely skirts the esoterica of high finance, though he cleverly uses good visual devices to suggest the shocking scope of Madoff's crimes.

If you're wondering why so many people are cynical about Wall Street, the government and the system in general, "Chasing Madoff" tells you.

Chasing Madoff is eye-opening. But it doesn't give us a look at what we'd all really like: Madoff's mind.