Dumb Money

One does not have to understand how either the stock market or Wall Street work to enjoy a movie like Dumb Money. The film is about the real life story dealing with the 2021 GameStop stock squeeze and how a bunch of middle class nobodies, the most well known being YouTuber Keith Gill, managed to figure out a trick to the retailer's low stocks that led to it increasing. This leads to several wealthy people who betted on GameStop's stocks getting lower to loose money when it does the opposite, thus doing whatever they can to cheat the system in their favor. Craig Gillespie's direction and the writing from Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo are all strong, but the absolute strongest aspect is the cast and their performances. With Paul Dano leading alongside Shailiene Woodley, Pete Davidson, America Ferrera, and Seth Rogen, everyone involved gives incredibly strong performances. The movie may be a bit confusing when it comes to how stock trading works, but it at least manages to do it in a way that doesn't leave you bored thanks to the fast-paced and witty writing and the cast making the characters feel like they know what they're talking about. Dumb Money may not be about something everyone understands but, nevertheless, is an otherwise entertaining movie. Over all: 100%

2023 top list so far:

1. Oppenheimer

2. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

4. Asteroid City

5. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

6. Blue Beetle

7. Barbie

8. Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1

9. Elemental

10. Air

11. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

12. Creed III

13. John Wick: Chapter 4

14. Scream VI

15. M3GAN

16. Dumb Money

17. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

18. Cocaine Bear

19. Knock at the Cabin

20. The Flash

21. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

22. Renfield

23. Fast X

24. The Little Mermaid 2023

25. Shazam! Fury of the Gods

26. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

27. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania