Dumb Money
Columbia Pictures | Release Date: September 15, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 53 Critic Reviews
Positive:
36
Mixed:
14
Negative:
3
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Critic Reviews

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60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 25, 2023
Ultimately, Dumb Money may not be as revealing about the financial markets as it is about the rallying power of the internet. Read full review
60
Little White LiesHannah StrongSep 20, 2023
A documentary might have offered more of an insight into the uniquely masculine form of psychopathy that prospers on Wall Street and Reddit alike. Read full review
60
ScreenCrushMatt SingerSep 14, 2023
It’s not boring and there are a few decent laughs. But it also does feel like exactly the movie you would expect a big Hollywood studio to make from this material. Read full review
60
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergSep 14, 2023
An energetic, ingratiating dramatization of the GameStop stock craze of 2021. Read full review
60
The New YorkerRichard BrodySep 12, 2023
Dumb Money, touching on questions of the authority of personality and the importance of nonfinancial—even completely irrational—motives in the investment world, offers a gleeful romp through strange and treacherous territory that merits a closer, more careful look. Read full review
60
BBCCaryn JamesSep 10, 2023
It is funny, irreverent and crowd-pleasing, with a kaleidoscope of likeable characters and actors. Director Craig Gillespie (Cruella and I, Tonya) has turned a saga that ended up before a Congressional finance committee into a breezy entertainment. Read full review
60
SlashfilmBarry LevittSep 9, 2023
For a story as surprising and unpredictable as the true GameStop story was, it's frustrating to see Dumb Money follow such a familiar structure. What it does do especially well is its exploration of the community aspect of the situation. Read full review
60
The GuardianBenjamin LeeSep 9, 2023
It’s perilously close to being overstuffed (one more introduction would have tipped it over the edge) but a controlled and nimble script justifies the large ensemble, using each thread to quickly switch back and forth between the anger, ecstasy, disbelief and fear that seeped from conference to dorm room at the time. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleAlejandra MartinezSep 20, 2023
Maybe Dumb Money’s storytelling would have been bolstered by having some bite instead of being all memes and bark. Read full review
50
PolygonRafael MotamayorSep 14, 2023
Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money is neither dumb enough to capture the bonkers nature of the story nor smart enough to turn it into an entertaining or even informative tale. Read full review
50
The Daily BeastNick SchagerSep 8, 2023
Ripped from yesterday’s headlines, it’s as fast, flashy and superficial as the director’s prior efforts, and also as exaggerated. Read full review
40
Film ThreatAlan NgOct 3, 2023
There’s just no nuance here. Good is good. Evil is evil. Read full review
40
The TelegraphTim RobeySep 22, 2023
In trying to pretend a blip was a seismic revolution, the film winds up distinctly strained, and more depressing than it quite knows. Read full review
40
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithSep 22, 2023
There’s a more interesting, less strident film under the surface, but it never manages to get out. Read full review
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