EppsNet at the Movies: Dumb Money

 

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!

Rating: 4 stars

Dumb Money

A regular guy sinks his life savings into the stock of videogame store GameStop and starts posting about it. When his social posts start blowing up and a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich, until the billionaires fig...

Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio

IMDb rating: 6.8 (61296 votes)

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