Jason_V
Senior HTF Member
Title: Dumb Money (2023)
Tagline: When Wall Street rigged the game, he changed it.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dane DeHaan, Myha'la Herrold, Talia Ryder, Olivia Thirlby, Kate Burton, Clancy Brown
Release: 2023-09-15
Runtime: 104
Plot: Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts 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.I was expecting more from Dumb Money between the actors involved and the story itself. But somehow, it just falls flat. I wasn't bored and my mind didn't wander, though the script doesn't do a whole lot to educate the audience in what is actually happening. It's "retail investors good, hedge funds bad." No mention of what the complex transactions are behind the scenes...just name drops of calls and options and that sort of thing. (It does mention what a short squeeze is, so that's something.)
Too many recognizable actors just dropping in for a scene or three, for me (I very much dislike Pete Davidson is everything I've seen him in). Pair this movie with a Gamestop doc and you're onto something: the background and information is crucial; Dumb Money just doesn't care to marry the two.
Too many recognizable actors just dropping in for a scene or three, for me (I very much dislike Pete Davidson is everything I've seen him in). Pair this movie with a Gamestop doc and you're onto something: the background and information is crucial; Dumb Money just doesn't care to marry the two.
