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I'm no stranger to biographical dramas based on real events of companies. I liked Air and BlackBerry and thought they were interesting enough. Unfortunately this film doesn't have the same appeal despite covering more important topics than those previously mentioned films. There just isn't enough here to make it interesting. The side characters the film follows are boring and uninteresting. I don't know who they thought would care about Riri and Harmony's relationship or the hints that they were cam girling, their story was completely unrelated to the rest of the film. The film glosses over a lot of events too like how it was clear that some senators didn't get how trading works or why the GameStop event was a big deal. I guess that's a sign of a bad writer. Also it's really frustraighting to see the makers of this film tame down r/WallStreetBets. Edgelord and offensive humour was much more a thing during the GameStop event.

Nothing but constant propaganda of, "Sell now!, that was the squeeze and now it's over, shorts have covered, poor rich man loses money, and look at these big numbers on the screen of people who sold!" No use critiquing the film itself, since it's a meaningless, rushed, bought and paid for psyop piece. Just needs a "hello, fellow kids," t-shirt.

This is almost too painful to watch it is so bad. First off, this captures almost none of the Humor of WallStreetBets and what it was like to watch this saga unfold. Somehow they took a story about a bunch of non-woke degens taking on wall street and turned it into yet another woke AF story. (sorry netflix, don't want or care for the mixed race lesbian couple, when they probably never existed in the first place). Don't woke morons realize they vote the same as wall street? Wall Street likes easy money policies because their real asset values go up from all the money printing and the poor get poorer as all the inflation destroys their stanard of living.

why does every movies sound producer need to blast music louder and louder? obnoxious

It is an interesting movie if you were involved it in any way when it was happening or have interest in it, but as a movie on its surface it is not as interesting as some others like lets say Blackberry for example which was similar stile or Air. This showed the story etc yes, but for me as a standalone movie it is quite average and mainly gets people to see it because of the story not of because how good the movie is.

Algo que me incomodou demais nessa produção foi a necessidade crônica de criar um diálogo "esperto", "antenado", como se estivesse se testando para ser aceito pela audiência tik tok. Ou eu que cresci mesmo. Mas o fato não é que a linguagem é ruim, e sim que é uma linguagem que cansa, é ágil e ao mesmo tempo parece forçada muitas vezes. Aliás, esse frenesi da edição lembra a pegada de "A grande aposta", com uma enxurrada de termos e eprsonagens. Algo que senti um pouco de falta foi de explicações mais pedagógicas a respeito da valorização (ou não) de uma ação, algo que em "A grande aposta" consegue mostrar de forma mais orgânica. Assim, o filme conta com o arsenal carismático de seus personagens, e já inicia mostrando parte do seu clímax: a sobrevalorização das ações da Gamestop. Aí, o filme volta no tempo para contar como chegamos a tal momento icônico. É interessante que a edição se segura lindamente mesmo entregando o plot, de modo que foi a decisão, a meu ver, mais acertada, o que não quer dizer que a rapidez com que a história é narrada me agrada. Também não sei ao certo se as escolhas das pessoas comuns que foram impactadas por aquela ação me agrada (a enfermeira quase falida, as amigas universitárias, o próprio funcionário de uma das lojas da Gamestop). Também achei que os magnatas do mercado financeiro não foram bem apresentados, soando quase como esquetes. Ainda assim o filme empolga, é engraçado, é gostoso de ver e não se demora. Há também um baita acerto ao dedicar tempo para vários núcleos e nunca soar perdido, ao contrário, a estrutura multivalente funciona muito bem aqui. É um filme que, a meu ver, poderia ser mais, e ainda bem que não se tornou mais um filme de tribunal, embora tenha provocado mudanças legislativas no mundo financeiro. Vale como boa sacada e talvez funcione para as pessoas começarem a notar esse mundo dos investimentos.

This movie should be called 'The Big Short: Part II.' At times it feels like your common Wikipedia biopic, but at others a tense and engaging drama about David vs. Goliath. Performances are good, but too many characters doesn't let you get involved with someone in particular. Pete Davidson plays himself for the umpteenth time, by the way. An okay film that effectively translates to the screen the famous GameStop stock story.

After filming commercials for fifteen years, Australian Director Craig Gillespie’s first major feature film was 2007’s “Lars and the Real Girl,” one of my top five films all-time. In it, Gillespie demonstrated his ability to craft stories that are sentimental and heart-felt, but with a real touch of crazy. Ten years later, “I, Tonya” solidified his position as a purveyor of thoughtful insanity. “Dumb Money” continues this tradition.Based on the script by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo (both alums of “Orange Is the New Black”), “Dumb Money” chronicles the true story of Keith Gill, a financial analyst who sunk his $50k life savings into GameStop (yep, the brick-and-mortar video game stores). Posting on Reddit’s r/wallstreetbets as Roaring Kitty, Gill’s earnest, funny videos encourage a committed group of retail investors to sink their money into the stock, too. In January, 2021, the stock rose from $4.34 to $485. Along the way, the stock’s irrational rise destroyed a couple of hedge funds that had been short-selling (using options trading to bet GameStop would go down – when the stock instead went up, Wall Street traders ultimately lost $20 billion).While this saga can be characterized David vs. Goliath, the story here is a lot more nuanced, complicated and interesting than that. It’s a story about the power of the internet to galvanize group action. It’s a compelling saga about the ability of regular people to create wealth and, at least temporarily, grab a small piece of the American dream. When the inevitable congressional hearings start, the film uses actual footage to demonstrate legislators’ inability to understand the online universe, much less regulate it. (While it’s not quite Sen. Ted Stevens’ 2009 immortal quote that the internet is a “series of tubes,” it’s close.) Most of all, the filmmakers are shrewd enough to highlight that all this takes place during the isolation caused by COVID, where online community, no matter the topic, represented salvation for **** all-star cast helps this film move along briskly. In addition to Paul Dano as Keith Gill and Pete Davidson as his stoner brother, America Ferrera, Shailene Woodley and others effectively portray the regular people caught up in the story. Seth Rogan, Sebastian Stan, Vincent D’Onofrio and Nick Offerman do the heavy lifting as hiss-worthy Wall Street professionals. Actual clips of Jim Cramer, federal regulators and members of Congress effectively document their ongoing witlessness.“Dumb Money” sidesteps several potential pitfalls. It avoids painting the good guys and the bad guys too broadly. And it effectively captures the passion and the irrational zeal of the retail investors willing to spend their own money just to cause real pain for the hedge funds. And “Dumb Money” explains a lot of investing concepts with simple clarity, all without requiring Margot Robbie to sit in a bubble bath explaining sub-prime mortgages (that’s right, “The Big Short”).

An entertaining story about an event I knew nothing about. The film is about as well done as one could expect given its benign topic and the filmmaker's focus on telling the story from the "everyman" perspective.

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.

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.

It falls short of being as incisive as it could have been and opts for a simplified portrayal of the events, but in one way or another that seems to be how it wants to deliver its message. It's clear that Dumb Money is just looking to deliver an entertaining story about the real event that inspired it, and it's not going to make some sort of movie that gives you an explanation of every single angle involved in these events. It's a movie after all, not a forensic accounting explanation. In this regard, it meets my expectations. The movie is nothing extraordinary, but credit must be given to what is well done.

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.

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.

In 2021, YouTuber Keith Gill (Paul Dano) singled out GameStop as his favorite undervalued stock. This took off among individual investors and grew dramatically, which caused a bit of a panic with some institutional firms. There was potential for this to be a satirical expose like The Big Short (my review), but they chose to play it straight. As a result, we get a rather dry, by-the-numbers examination of how if affected several regular people, as well as some of the billionaire investors. This constant back and forth keeps the pace moving, but prevents any depth in the characters or situations. The aggressive soundtrack also keeps things lively. Even without any emotional connection, this film remains a fascinating examination of "little guy" personal investors taking on the Wall Street machine.

Fun movie. Nothing groundbreaking. Felt like The Big Short in some ways. Nice overview of the GameStop stonk madness.

Love the concept but the movie overall was sloppy with its delivery. Feels like a rushed movie that didn't take the time to make a rounded film with direction from start to finish.

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.