I laughed non-stop through Dumb Money, except during the parts that weren’t intended to be funny.
I had to take off a star because (minor spoiler alert, since the movie’s based on a true story that everyone knows) it’s a David vs. Goliath movie, and the Goliaths get their comeuppance, but that’s conveyed principally through explanatory text on the screen after the movie is essentially over.
The comeuppance should be on-screen! Show, don’t tell!
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Dumb Money
David vs. Goliath tale about everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (the video-game store) into the world's hottest company.Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio
IMDb rating: 6.9 (50461 votes)