Dumb Money
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Directed by | Craig Gillespie |
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Based on | The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich |
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Cinematography | Nikolas Karakatsanis |
Edited by | Kirk Baxter |
Music by | Will Bates |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 104 minutes[2] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $217,000[3][4] |
Dumb Money is a 2023 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Craig Gillespie and written by Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. It is based on the 2021 book The Antisocial Network by Ben Mezrich and chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021. The film features an ensemble cast that includes Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley, and Seth Rogen.
Dumb Money premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023. It was released in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing in limited theaters on September 15, 2023, before expanding into wide release on September 29, 2023.
Premise
"Based on the true story of a group of rag-tag investors from the Reddit page called r/WallStreetBets, who banded together to put the squeeze on at least two hedge funds that had bet that GameStop shares would fall."[5]
Cast
- Paul Dano as Keith Gill[6]
- Pete Davidson as Kevin Gill, Keith's brother[6]
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Steve Cohen[6]
- America Ferrera as Jennifer Campbell, a viewer of Keith's YouTube channel[6]
- Nick Offerman as Kenneth C. Griffin[6]
- Anthony Ramos as Marcus, a GameStop store clerk[6]
- Sebastian Stan as Vlad Tenev[6]
- Shailene Woodley as Caroline Gill, Keith's wife[6]
- Seth Rogen as Gabe Plotkin[6]
- Dane DeHaan as Marcus's boss[6]
- Myha'la Herrold as Riri, an investor with Marcus
- Rushi Kota as Baiju Bhatt
- Talia Ryder as Harmony, an investor with Marcus[6]
Production
Development
In January 2021, it was announced that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures had bought the rights to a book proposal by Ben Mezrich about the then-recent GameStop short squeeze, entitled The Antisocial Network, with producers Michael De Luca, who also produced The Social Network (2010), the film adaptation of Mezrich's novel The Accidental Billionaires, and Aaron Ryder attached.[7] In May 2021, Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo were announced to write the screenplay, with Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (who were subjects in The Accidental Billionares and The Social Network) executive producing.[8] In April 2022, Craig Gillespie signed on as director, with the intention of filming to start later that year around summer or fall.[9] In September, it was announced that the film was retitled to Dumb Money, and production was set to commence in October, with De Luca and MGM dropping out, while Black Bear Pictures acquired financing and sought buyers at the annual Toronto International Film Festival.[10] In October 2022, Sony Pictures bought the domestic and select international distribution rights to the film for $20 million.[11]
Casting
In September 2022, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan and Pete Davidson were set to star; Rogen and Stan previously collaborated with Gillespie on the miniseries Pam & Tommy (2022), with Stan also having starred in Gillespie's film I, Tonya (2017).[10] The following month, Shailene Woodley, Anthony Ramos, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dane DeHaan, Myha'la Herrold, America Ferrera, Rushi Kota, Nick Offerman, and Talia Ryder joined the cast.[12][13][14][15][16][17]
Filming
Principal photography took place in New Jersey from October to November 2022.[18] Filming was done in Morris, Essex and Hudson counties, with scenes filmed at Saint Elizabeth University.[18]
Release
Dumb Money premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2023.[19] It was released theatrically in the United States by Sony Pictures Releasing under the Columbia Pictures and Stage 6 Films labels,[20] while Sony, Black Bear International and other indie distributors will be releasing the film internationally.[11][13] The film was initially set to be distributed by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.[5] A release date of October 20, 2023 was initially announced,[21] before being moved up to September 22, 2023.[22][23] It was later changed to a limited theatrical release on September 15, 2023, before expanding to a wide release on September 29, 2023.[24][25]
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 84% of 76 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.0/10. The website's consensus reads: "Dumb Money's crowd-pleasing dramatization of real-life stock hijinks may not tell the complete story, but it's rousingly entertaining nonetheless."[26] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 65 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[27]
References
- ^ Hines, Patrick (June 21, 2023). "Bad Bunny's Spider-Man Universe Movie 'El Muerto' Pulled From Sony Release Schedule". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ "Dumb Money (15)". BBFC. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "Dumb Money". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ "Dumb Money". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved September 16, 2023.
- ^ a b "Film and TV Projects Going Into Production - The Antisocial Network". Variety Insight. Archived from the original on March 17, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Breznican, Anthony (June 21, 2023). "Dumb Money First Look: The GameStop Stock Frenzy Is Now a Movie". Vanity Fair. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (January 31, 2021). "MGM Lands Rights To Ben Mezrich's Book Proposal 'The Antisocial Network'; Would Chronicle Recent Wall Street-GameStop Chaos". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (May 21, 2023). "MGM Sets 'Orange Is The New Black' Scribes Lauren Schuker Blum And Rebecca Angelo To Pen GameStop Stock Pic 'The Antisocial Network'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on May 22, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (April 4, 2022). "Craig Gillespie To Direct GameStop Stock Pic For MGM Based On Ben Mezrich's Book 'The Antisocial Network'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
- ^ a b Kroll, Justin (September 1, 2022). "Craig Gillespie and Black Bear Pictures GameStop Stock Pic Dumb Money Sets A-List Cast With Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan And Pete Davidson, Black Bear To Launch Sales at Toronto". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
- ^ a b Wiseman, Andreas (October 12, 2022). "Sony Swoops On Buzzy GameStop Movie 'Dumb Money' With Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Sebastian Stan, Pete Davidson & Shailene Woodley; Filming Underway". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (October 6, 2022). "Shailene Woodley Joins Ensemble Cast of Craig Gillespie's 'Dumb Money' For Black Bear Pictures".
- ^ a b Kroll, Justin (October 17, 2022). "Anthony Ramos, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dane DeHaan Join Sony and Black Bear's GameStop Film 'Dumb Money'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (October 18, 2022). "'Industry' Star Myha'la Herrold Joins Cast Of Sony & Black Bear's Starry GameStop Movie 'Dumb Money'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ Kroll, Justin (October 21, 2022). "America Ferrera Rounds Out Cast Of Sony And Black Bear's GameStop Film 'Dumb Money'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (October 24, 2022). "'Never Have I Ever's Rushi Kota Boards Sony's 'Dumb Money'; Russo Brothers' Netflix Pic 'The Electric State' Adds 'C'mon C'mon' Breakout Woody Norman". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (October 31, 2022). "Parks And Recreation Star Nick Offerman & Never Rarely Sometimes Always Lead Talia Ryder Join GameStop Pic Dumb Money". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
- ^ a b Kuperinsky, Amy (October 27, 2022). "Dumb Money movie with all-star cast including Seth Rogen, Pete Davidson filming at N.J. college". NJ.com. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
- ^ Anthony D'Alessandro, "TIFF Lineup Unveiled Amid Strikes: Awards Contenders ‘Dumb Money’, ‘The Holdovers’, ‘Rustin’; Starry Pics For Sale With Scarlett Johansson, Kate Winslet, Michael Keaton, Viggo Mortensen & More". Deadline Hollywood, July 24, 2023.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (February 22, 2023). "Sony Pictures' Stage 6 Films Wins Rights To A24 & Ari Aster's 'Beau Is Afraid' In UK & Other Markets: EFM". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ Grobar, Matt (March 10, 2023). "Sony's GameStop Short Squeeze Film 'Dumb Money' Sets Fall Release Date". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ Hines, Patrick (June 21, 2023). "Bad Bunny's Spider-Man Universe Movie 'El Muerto' Pulled From Sony Release Schedule". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Couch, Aaron; Kit, Borys (June 21, 2023). "Sony Removes Bad Bunny Spider-Man Spinoff 'El Muerto' From Calendar". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 21, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (August 16, 2023). "Sony Opts To Platform 'Dumb Money' On Fall Sked". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 6, 2023). "Sony's 'Dumb Money' Distancing From Taylor Swift On Release Date Schedule". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 6, 2023.
- ^ "Dumb Money". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
- ^ "Dumb Money". Metacritic. Fandom, Inc. Retrieved September 18, 2023.
External links
- 2023 films
- 2023 biographical drama films
- 2020s American films
- 2020s English-language films
- American biographical drama films
- American business films
- Biographical films about businesspeople
- Biographical films about computer and internet entrepreneurs
- Black Bear Pictures films
- Columbia Pictures films
- Films about social media
- Films about technological impact
- Films about the Internet
- Films based on non-fiction books
- Films directed by Craig Gillespie
- Stage 6 Films films
- Wall Street films
- 2020s business films
- Films set in 2021
- Films shot in New Jersey