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Releasing on Sep 15, 2023
  • 2023
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2023
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
Dumb Money

Summary Dumb Money is based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and postin...

Directed By: Craig Gillespie

Written By: Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo, Ben Mezrich

  • 2023
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
  • 2023
  • R
  • Columbia Pictures
  • 1 h 44 m
Dumb Money
Metascore Generally favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
65
User Score Available after Sep 15, 2023

Summary Dumb Money is based on the insane true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall videogame store) into the world’s hottest company. In the middle of everything is regular guy Keith Gill (Paul Dano), who starts it all by sinking his life savings into the stock and postin...

Directed By: Craig Gillespie

Written By: Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo, Ben Mezrich

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Metascore
Generally favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
65
68% Positive
15 Reviews
23% Mixed
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9% Negative
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Metascore
Generally favorable Based on 22 Critic Reviews
65
68% Positive
15 Reviews
23% Mixed
5 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews

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85
Sep 9, 2023
Gillespie’s snappy direction and Kirk Baxter’s nimble editing capture the chaotic and irreverent online culture without necessarily disrupting or distracting from the main stories.
By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW
80
Sep 8, 2023
Director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) tells this pandemic-era David-and-Goliath story energetically.
By James Mottram FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 11, 2023
Dumb Money is a crowd-pleasing story with great performances and a script that keeps it simple.
By Patrice Witherspoon FULL REVIEW
70
Sep 10, 2023
Dumb Money is a sturdy entry into the developing canon of docufiction that seeks to be lively and lucid and informative about the rotten state of the American dream. It’s often as crassly effective as Roaring Kitty and his cohort were in those wild months two years ago, when greed was good for the many instead of the few.
By Richard Lawson FULL REVIEW
63
Sep 12, 2023
As a feel-good fact-based fable of financial comeuppance, Dumb Money is funny enough. But as its name suggests, it isn’t especially smart. Unlike its protagonists, it isn’t interested in making a quick buck, just an easy laugh.
By Michael O'Sullivan FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 9, 2023
It’s perilously close to being overstuffed (one more introduction would have tipped it over the edge) but a controlled and nimble script justifies the large ensemble, using each thread to quickly switch back and forth between the anger, ecstasy, disbelief and fear that seeped from conference to dorm room at the time.
By Benjamin Lee FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 8, 2023
The film’s status as a corporate entertainment product (among the film’s producers is the Winklevoss twins) also presents an internal discord in and of itself, particularly with the script incessantly preaching financial equality for all.
By Mark Hanson FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Black Bear Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Ryder Picture Company, Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), Stage 6 Films
Release Date Sep 15, 2023
Duration 1 h 44 m
Rating R
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Tagline Dear Wall Street...
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