Dumb Money & The Creator

An actual case involving Game Stop stock selling in 2021 is the basis for "Dumb Money," in which the good guy small investors go up against the bad guy hedge funds. In this podcast episode, HCC film professors Marie Westhaver and Mike Giuliano mention how movies such as "The Social Network," "The Big Short" and "Dumb Money" deal with characters looking at their devices as they make financial transactions. Although Marie and Mike agree that actors including Paul Dano and Anthony Ramos engage viewer interest, the film does not do much in terms of character development. Marie and Mike also talk about "The Creator," a sci fi epic in which humans and A.I. life forms meet on the geopolitical battlefield. Our critics admire the film's production design and are intrigued by its ideas about A.I., but fault it for delivering a thematically unconvincing narrative. Just the same, they acknowledge that John David Washington is fine in the lead role and that the wavering narrative has enough action sequences and comic punch lines to keep you watching.