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Topics: Film and TV, Money, Netflix, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Entertainment
Emily Brown
Topics: Film and TV, Money, Netflix, Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, Entertainment
A new addition to Netflix's movie catalogue has people praising it as 'one of the best movies of the year’ after it was created off the back of real events.
It's day 32143 of January and we're still days away from payday, so there's really only one thing left to do: hunker down and watch Netflix.
Admittedly a movie about people making millions might not make you feel any better about your bank account, but those who have watched it have assured it will at least provide you with some entertainment.
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Dumb Money arrived on Netflix this week after first being released in cinemas in September, and tells the story of the people who decided to take on Wall Street by turning GameStop into the world's most in-demand company.
The real events left experts stumped when they unfolded in January 2021, as Reddit users, among other investors, rushed to buy GameStop shares and caused a short squeeze - a rapid increase in the price of a stock, largely due to an excess of short selling of a stock.
At its height, GameStop had a pre-market value of over $500 per share, giving filmmakers a story that proved almost too good to be true.
In Dumb Money, The Batman star Paul Dano takes on the role of a regular guy called Keith Gill, who sinks all of his savings into the stock and posts about it online.
Before long, his posts start blowing up and the money starts rolling in - until the billionaires decide to fight back.
Dano stars alongside Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson, America Ferrera and Shailene Woodley, and critics have praised the portrayal of the real events with a rating of 84 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Dumb Money has only garnered more fans since arriving on Netflix, with people taking to X to praise the comedy.
"Today’s the day! Dumb Money is on Netflix," one fan wrote. "If you haven’t seen it yet (and I know a lot of you haven’t) I highly recommend. One of the best movies of the year that maybe went under the radar a bit. Killer soundtrack, too."
Another posted: "Dumb Money on Netflix is such a great movie, the flashbacks from when the gamestop stock went through the short squeeze back during the pandemic was such wild times."
The interest around GameStop continued for weeks as action was taken to halt people from buying shares, but after some fluctuation the company levelled out again towards the end of March 2021.