Dumb Money
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Internet commenter Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When his social posts start blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
- Released: 2023-10-20
- Runtime: 105 minutes
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
- Stars: Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson, Shailene Woodley, Anthony Ramos, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dane DeHaan, Myha'la Herrold, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Talia Ryder, Olivia Thirlby, Kate Burton, Clancy Brown
- Director: Craig Gillespie
Comments
- diablowilliam - 18 June 2024
David v Goliath done right
So many movies come out using the David versus Goliath formula but fail so dramatically you really don't care what the movie was about. Well not here, not with Dumb Money.
This film achieves what it sets out to portrays, average down to earth people taking on the corrupt billionaires at their own game, even though the high level of corruption ultimately still wins out in the end and the rich get away Scott free, the battle was and always will be remembered.
Paul Dano shines alongside some old school veteran actors and some great established younger actors. The direction and script were great and they treat the audience with respect and not allowing the complexity of trading to muddy up a great story. Highly recommended and cannot fault this movie. - eabra48463 - 25 March 2024
The Epitome of What's Wrong with Hollywood
"Dumb Money" epitomizes everything that's wrong with modern Hollywood in one package. The movie takes a real-life intriguing situation and turns it into garbage aimed at the lowest common denominator. It doesn't address the topic in an interesting manner, not in an educational manner and not in an exciting manner. It hammers nonsense over the viewers' heads until they scream for mercy. It's shot in quick and short snippets that are often used in modern films to simulate more going on than what is really on screen. Very little of the GameStop situation is explained in any meaningful way and the characters flash by on sccreen so quickly from scene to scene, we hardly have time to care about them. To make matters worse, the soundtrack regularly bursts into the film unexpectedly and awkwardly, blasting vulgar lines from rap songs that don't even meld with what is being shown on the screen. The characters mumble their lines, then the music is cranked up to unnecessary high volumes. I had to constantly adjust the volume up and down to tolerate the movie. The film is executed in such a muddled fashion, there is no clear message received, other than the typical Hollywood class warfare nonsense where rich people are always evil and poor and working class are always upstanding and good-intentioned. At least that's what I think was the message. Who knows? One message that was abundantly clear: Once the average Janes and Joes started making a lot of money (on paper), they refused to sell in the hopes of making even more cash. This is exactly what we're supposed to dislike about the billionaires in the film, always wanting more and never being satisfied with what they have.
