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Dumb Money (2023)

Dumb Money poster
Directed by
Craig Gillespie
Genre
drama film, comedy film, comedy drama, biographical film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 827 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of regular people on social media band together to buy stock in GameStop, causing a financial battle against big hedge funds. It follows the real events of the 2021 stock market surge.

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What happens

Dumb Money is a 2023 American biographical comedy-drama film, directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. It is based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen. After being filmed in New Jersey from October to November 2022, Dumb Money premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023. It was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures (through Sony Pictures Releasing) in select theaters on September 15, 2023, and wide release on September 29, 2023. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $20 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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