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In Theaters Now
- 2023
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 2023
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
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
In Theaters Now
- 2023
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
- 2023
- R
- Columbia Pictures
- 1 h 45 m
Dumb Money
66
6.9
Where to Watch
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
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 53 Critic Reviews
66
68% Positive
36 Reviews
36 Reviews
26% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
6% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 53 Critic Reviews
66
68% Positive
36 Reviews
36 Reviews
26% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
6% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
If it’s not exactly a documentary, Dumb Money offers up enjoyably anarchic glee as the little guy wins for a minute.
With a brisk, biting comic tone and a nice line in righteous anger, Dumb Money skilfully picks up The Big Short’s baton for cinematic-economic takedowns.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
6.9
68% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
21% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
11% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 User Ratings
6.9
68% Positive
13 Ratings
13 Ratings
21% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
11% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
IN A NUTSHELL:
Dumb Money is the ultimate David vs. Goliath tale, based on the insane, true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video game company) into the world’s hottest company for a time during the pandemic.
The film was directed by Craig Gillespie. Writing credits go to Lauren Schuker Blum, Rebecca Angelo, and Ben Mezrich.
THINGS I LIKED:
The lineup of actors is fantastic and includes Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D’Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Seth Rogen, Talia Ryder, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, Myha’la Herrold, Clancy Brown, and so many more. They created quirky, fun characters, and all did an outstanding job.
Remember the Winklevoss twins in the movie The Social Network? They’re two of the executive producers for this movie. They got into a legal battle with Mark Zuckerberg, which was written about in the book “The Accidental Billionaires” written by Ben Mezrich. Ben Mezrich also wrote the book “The Antisocial Network”, which is what inspired this movie.
I thought it was funny that the waitress knew about stocks and investing.
Who doesn’t love a good underdog movie, especially when people who are struggling in the economy can stick it to the “Man”?
The movie does a great job illustrating the nuances of living in a pandemic.
Even if you don’t completely understand the investment world, you’ll still enjoy the story that shows the “little guy” beating out supposedly smarter Wall Street experts.
Thanks to a real-life video clip by Steven Colbert, the film explains what a short sale or short squeeze is.
There is a lot of spoken and visual humor.
We get to see video clips of the real people involved in these events at the end of the movie
THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:
The real Ken Griffin is entrenched in a lawsuit over how his character has been portrayed by Nick Offerman in the film.
There are so many characters to try to keep track of.
Some viewers have complained that this movie has come out too soon. Do you agree?
I spent a lot of money buying video games for my 4 sons over the years. Too bad I didn’t invest during this unprecedented rise!
Boomers might be annoyed by all of the raunchy Millennials.
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
Kids will be completely bored hearing about stocks. More importantly, the dialogue and the lyrics to the soundtrack are filthy and profane. We also see a lot of crude images and gestures.
SO many F-bombs.
A young kid flips the bird.
Lesbians are shown kissing and saying crude things.
Some Spanish is spoken with subtitles.
We see two naked men from behind.
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Funny. Fast paced.
But even for a clueless stock market piker such as myself--I understood the story, and I was invested in the outcome. Great cast of characters.
Well worth a look if you can remember all of the hoopla surrounding Game Stop stock during the middle of the Covid pandemic in early 2021.
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Dumb Money is a tale of 2020, and the movie captures that 2020 feeling — gray, depressed, anxious and almost comically miserable.
Dumb Money is a crowd-pleasing story with great performances and a script that keeps it simple.
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.
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.
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.
Enjoyed this. Kept it simple enough for the lay person to understand what was all going on. A very good cast who all performed very well.
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Based on the insane true story of the average joes who scared the ever-living **** out of Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop into the world’s hottest company. One man, Keith Gill (Paul Dano) started this David vs. Goliath tale by spending his life savings on buying stock in GameStop and posting about it online. His social posts quickly capture the attention of normal people looking to get rich quick. The more people who get involved the more the stock goes up and the retail traders get rich. This obviously doesn’t go down too well with the Wall Street billionaires and they begin to fight back. Both sides soon find their worlds falling apart as the stocks rise to volatile levels.
It wasn’t that long ago that the GameStop saga happened, so many of you will probably remember hearing about it on the news in 2020/2021. Yes the company that charges mad money for video games and merchandise ended up soaring insanely high in the stock market due to a few youtubers posting about it. While I remember googling what the hell was happening as the news eventually broke across the pond, I never actually realised the sheer number of people who got involved in this madness and the extreme lengths the angry billionaires went to shut the whole thing down. Well I barely understood it then and if you’re in the same boat, lucky for us director Craig Gillespie has explained it to us in a fun and entertaining way.
Dumb Money is a crowd pleaser for sure. But sure if it’s a movie about the little guy going up against corporate greed it’s going to go down well with the majority. And when you see what these normal people were up against and competing against people with so much money it’s honestly sickening then it’s no wonder Keith Gill gained so much support in the first place. A youtuber that genuinely believed in GameStop and who “liked the stock” took a huge risk and set in motion a series of events that triggered some much needed scrutiny towards the shady dealings of billionaire brokers and hedge funds.
I suppose the obvious thing to do here would have been to make a documentary instead but we would have missed out on the excellent casting choices. Particularly Paul Dano as the eccentric cat loving youtuber. Including real footage from the time and particularly the online use of memes and gifs makes Dumb Money an entertaining and funny movie that’s well worth the ticket price.
Dumb Money does a good job in explaining this madness to those of us who haven’t a breeze about stocks. As for anyone who followed this story much more closely in real time, it does seem to have keep to the truth for the most part but there are of course some creative liberties. Recommended for those who liked The Big Short and anyone who believes in GameStop.
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Fun movie. Nothing groundbreaking. Felt like The Big Short in some ways. Nice overview of the GameStop stonk madness.
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Directed by Craig Gillespie ('Fright Night 2011', 'I'Tonya', 'Cruella'), there's really not much to tell here other than it's a wannabe 'The Big Short', only this time, the central focus is on the GameStop short squeezing of 2021. No new fresh or creative ideas here as far as the financial dramedy subgenre is concerned, and despite a stellar cast and an especially notable lead performance from the always reliable and supremely underrated Paul Dano, the film simply falls flat by the end and comes out as neither entertaining nor unique in any way and is simply rather forgettable.
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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 45 m
Rating R
Tagline Dear Wall Street...
