HuluDumb Money (2023)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.1
Overview
Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
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Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Positive
Judaism: Negative
Overview
Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
Starring Cast
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Analyzing...
Progressive
Primary
The film's central conflict, focusing on economic inequality and the struggle against financial elites, aligns with progressive values, championing collective action by ordinary people against a rigged system.
The movie features a visibly diverse cast and its narrative strongly critiques financial elites, who represent traditional power structures, by framing the conflict as class warfare and highlighting systemic inequities. This approach contributes to a significant presence of DEI themes.
Secondary
Dumb Money includes a lesbian couple whose relationship is portrayed as normal and positive, integrated subtly into the background of the main narrative. Their depiction is free of sensationalism or stereotype, contributing to a normalized view of LGBTQ+ individuals within the film's broader story about the GameStop stock market event.
The film briefly depicts a wealthy Wall Street character celebrating a Jewish holiday, but this portrayal is superficial and has been criticized for potentially reinforcing negative stereotypes. The character is part of the film's antagonist group, and his religious affiliation is presented without nuance or deeper exploration of faith.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The film "Dumb Money" portrays real-life individuals and fictionalized characters. In all instances, the on-screen gender of these characters matches their established historical or canonical gender, indicating no gender swaps.
The film portrays real-life figures, and while some actors' specific ethnicities differ from the historical individuals, these differences remain within the same broader racial category (e.g., white). Fictional or composite characters played by diverse actors do not constitute race swaps as their race was not pre-established.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
7.1
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
User Ratings
6.8
6.7
Critic Ratings
8.4
6.6
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