
Critic Reviews
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positive
36(68%)
mixed
14(26%)
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Sep 18, 2023
91
If it’s not exactly a documentary, Dumb Money offers up enjoyably anarchic glee as the little guy wins for a minute.
Sep 9, 2023
85
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.
Sep 18, 2023
84
What Dumb Money does very well is show that the GameStop stock story is more than just a meme for our times, but a first stone in the pond with a ripple effect that’s still a work in progress.
Sep 8, 2023
83
This energetic, enjoyable movie does not set out to break ground, but in putting centerstage those who are typically left on the sidelines, the movie emerges as a rousing success.
Sep 10, 2023
83
Somehow, Gillespie manages not only to make it feel fresh but its own distinct chapter in this never-ending story.
Sep 8, 2023
80
Director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) tells this pandemic-era David-and-Goliath story energetically.
Sep 15, 2023
80
In its thumbnail sketches simmering with risk, humor, and melancholy, illuminating a world of worsening disparities but spikier solidarity, it entertainingly takes stock.
Sep 19, 2023
80
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.
Sep 20, 2023
80
Rather than a simple story of underdogs vs The Man, director Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) has made a complicated, sometimes funny story that is not a comedy, and sometimes feels like a horror.