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Freakonomics
Directed by
Heidi Ewing
,
Rachel Grady
, and
Morgan Spurlock
2010
1h 33m
PG-13
Documentary
6.3
66%
51%
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A collection of documentaries that explores the hidden side of human nature through the use of the science of economics.
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Cast of Freakonomics
Zoe Sloane
Blake
Jade Viggiano
High School Girl
Amancaya Aguilar
Mercedes
Kahiry Bess
Deshawn
Alisha Nagarsheth
Student
Alyssa Wheeldon
High School Girl
Samuel Soifer
Jake
Kellie Geradi
Lexus
Greg Crowe
Johnny the Mechanic
Andrew Greiche
Jake
Adesuwa Addy Iyare
Temptress' Mother
James Leibow
Himself
Jalani McNair
Loser
Mike MacAllister
Himself
Carl Alleyne
Boyfriend
Kelli Chaves
High School Girl
Peter Zerneck
All American Dad
Hassan Brown
Father
James Ransone
Himself
Bill Gates
Himself
John D. Rockefeller
Himself
Freakonomics Reviews
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
[It] isn't freaky enough.
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
Some parts of the movie are more satisfying and intriguing than others, but there are enough surprising and non-intuitive revelations that even the most jaded viewer will likely learn a thing or two.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
Amiably passes the time.
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Freakonomics is, much like the book that spawned it, a breezy entertainment that leaves you with a lot to think about.
I.E. Weekly
Amy Nicholson
Sometimes, it has all the answers. More often, it just asks the right questions. And in today's 24-hour froth of insta-pundit analysis, we need curiosity more than certainty.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
The film is provocative but also scattershot and not nearly as conclusive as it pretends to be.
AV Club
Tasha Robinson
Like the 2005 bestseller that inspired it, the movie version of Freakonomics is fleet and accessible, an enjoyably light and lively pop artifact aimed at bringing some unusual economic theories to the masses.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Freakonomics examines social, cultural, and financial issues with an eye to getting people to think differently.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
As a movie, Freakonomics is like Jujubes for the brain -- it starts to get cloying halfway through the box.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
An attempt to turn the 2005 nonfiction bestseller into a high-energy docu-romp, "Freakonomics'' is a misconceived botch.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
There is more material here to chew on than in a dozen other documentaries combined. And that's a good thing. No?
Slant Magazine
Lauren Wissot
Blame producer Chad Troutwine for bringing together an array of talented documentary filmmakers to try to coax life into material certainly not suited to the medium of film.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Look, I enjoyed Freakonomics, I just can't really say how much so mainly because I'm still having issues buying all the information past on here as mathematical fact.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
When this freakumentary hooks up with Urail King, it gets an A.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
The movie version of Freakonomics functions as a reasonably effective trailer, but for a book whose moment has already passed.
indieWire
Eric Kohn
Equal parts journalistic expose and targeted anthropological dissection, the slick anthology production Freakonomics makes heavy ideas go down easy.
Hollywood Reporter
Frank Scheck
Like the source material, it's ultimately less than the sum of its parts -- an assemblage of moderately interesting human interest stories that don't carry much weight on the big screen.
Village Voice
Dan Kois
The 20-minute shorts range in style from traditional fly-on-the-wall narrative to a kind of hyperactive PowerPoint presentation.
Variety
John Anderson
dds up to a revelatory trip into complex, innovative ideas and altered perspectives on how people think.
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