![]() Why does he do this? Dumb Money has him spout some cursory explanations, yet the apparent reason is that, well, he just likes the stock! That, however, turns out to be only part of the story. He’s someone who prizes value, as he demonstrates when he opts for a Hamm’s beer over a Heineken and, more importantly, when he begins putting his money where his mouth is in the market.Īt the outset of Dumb Money, Keith has already invested $53,000 in GameStop despite the fact that brick-and-mortar retail is hurting, game purchases are now primarily made online, and the company is on the rocks. Written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo with sub- The Big Short cheekiness, Gillespie’s film is a call to arms for the “little man” against the rich and powerful, as it incessantly announces out loud, most frequently via Shailene Woodley’s Caroline, the wife of its protagonist Keith (Paul Dano).Ī financial analyst at MassMutual by day and an amateur stock-advising YouTuber at night, Keith goes by two online monikers, DeepFuckingValue (DFV) and Roaring Kitty, the latter because his makeshift basement studio is decorated with a “Hang in there, Baby”-style kitten poster, he records himself reacting to cat videos, and he wears tie-dye shirts decorated with furry felines. “Power to the Players,” was GameStop’s slogan, a proletariat rallying cry taken very seriously by Dumb Money (in theaters September 15, following its premiere Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival). Ripped from yesterday’s headlines, it’s as fast, flashy, and superficial as the director’s prior efforts, and also as exaggerated-a state of affairs due not only to its style but to its celebration of its characters as working-class revolutionaries rather than just temporarily clever merry pranksters. He’s at it again with Dumb Money, the true tale of the Redditors-led by investor Keith Gill-who briefly upended Wall Street and made themselves industry stars (and, in a few cases, wealthy) by short-squeezing GameStop’s stock. ![]() TORONTO, Canada-Be it his reputation-restoration projects I, Tonya and Pam & Tommy or his live-action Disney origin story Cruella, Craig Gillespie has a thing for making shallow, strident, in-your-face comedic dramas about brash outsiders. ![]()
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