Freakonomics (2010)

Directed by

Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, Seth Gordon, Eugene Jarecki

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 130 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary explores surprising ideas from the book Freakonomics. It connects economic thinking to unconventional topics, like cheating sumo wrestlers and the economics of drug dealing.

informativeprovocativequirkyanalyticalfast-pacedplayfulconversationalunexpected

What happens

Freakonomics: The Movie is a 2010 American documentary film based on the 2005 nonfiction book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything written by economist Steven D. Levitt and writer Stephen J. Dubner. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010, and had a theatrical release later that year. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 66% based on reviews from 64 critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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