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  • 2010
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2010
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money) delivers a visually arresting look at the crumbling facade of Sumo wrestling and exposes searing and violent truths about this ancient and revered sport. Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) offers up a buoyant and revealing angle on the repercussio...

Directed By: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock

Written By: Peter Bull, Jeremy Chilnick, Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing, Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney

  • 2010
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2010
  • PG-13
  • Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 33 m

Freakonomics

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 25 User Ratings
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Summary Alex Gibney (Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, Casino Jack and the United States of Money) delivers a visually arresting look at the crumbling facade of Sumo wrestling and exposes searing and violent truths about this ancient and revered sport. Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) offers up a buoyant and revealing angle on the repercussio...

Directed By: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock

Written By: Peter Bull, Jeremy Chilnick, Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing, Morgan Spurlock, Alex Gibney

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
58
48% Positive
11 Reviews
48% Mixed
11 Reviews
4% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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48% Positive
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48% Mixed
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4% Negative
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75
Freaknomics is breezy, but you can't help but think it belongs on TV, where the filmmakers would have gotten more time with their subjects and the tone mightn't seem so forced.
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
75
Freakonomics is uneven, and even a little cloying, but its sum effect isn't bad.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
67
Lots of ideas are tossed around in Freakonomics, and it often feels as though one is trapped in some kind of pop centrifuge. None of the authors' arguments is contested in any way, and the zippiness of the film paints everything with a Teflon sheen.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
60
Overall, these brief sections, which feature both authors on camera, come off more like self-congratulatory infomercials than they should.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
60
This frisky adaptation of the Steven Levitt-Stephen Dubner bestseller on human behavior by the numbers adds up to a revelatory trip into complex, innovative ideas and altered perspectives on how people think.
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The movie as a whole is a mixed bag, offering up stiff shots of skepticism and a few provocative thoughts on correlation and causality.
By Amy Biancolli FULL REVIEW
38
An attempt to turn the 2005 nonfiction bestseller into a high-energy docu-romp, Freakonomics is a misconceived botch.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Chad Troutwine Films, Cold Fusion Media Group, Green Film Company, Human Worldwide, Jigsaw Productions, Loki Films
Release Date Oct 1, 2010
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Six Rogue Filmmakers Explore The Hidden Side Of Everything
Website http://www.magpictures.com/freakonomics/
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Awards

Warsaw International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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