The China Hustle

Name: The China Hustle
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 30, 2018
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 67
Cast: Carson Block, Dan David, Matthew Wiechert, Pat O'Brien

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: March 30, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Carson Block, Dan David, Matthew Wiechert, Pat O'Brien

Summary: From the producers of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room comes a Wall Street heist story about a still-unfolding financial crime so big, it has the power to affect all of our wallets. Investors on the fringes of the financial world feverishly seek new alternatives for high-return investments in the global markets, and have found aFrom the producers of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room comes a Wall Street heist story about a still-unfolding financial crime so big, it has the power to affect all of our wallets. Investors on the fringes of the financial world feverishly seek new alternatives for high-return investments in the global markets, and have found a goldmine in China. But when one investor discovers a massive web of fraud, everything else is called into question. Jed Rothstein’s documentary rings the alarm on the need for transparency in an increasingly deregulated financial world by following those working to uncover the biggest heist you’ve never heard of.… Expand

Director: Jed Rothstein

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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John DeFore

Mar 19, 2018

Docs like Jed Rothstein's excellent The China Hustle present us with such frequent occasions for outrage that, in the interest of fairness, it's time for a few top documentarians to assemble a five-minute disclaimer to run in front of each new exposé. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Mar 19, 2018

Jed Rothstein’s wildly entertaining documentary The China Hustle blows the lid off another multibillion-dollar heist built on complex financial instruments and a whole lot of smoke and mirrors. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Apr 18, 2018

The influence of executive producer Alex Gibney is clear in the photography and editing (making Gibney-esque now officially a term of art), but he has his own adept, incisive skill in linking a truly global economic crisis in the making, threading the narrative all the way from rural China to Flint, Michigan. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Mar 29, 2018

[An] accessible, persuasive, often amusing look at how investments in dubious Chinese companies gave way to crisis-level losses for average American stockholders in the wake of the 2008 financial disaster — and beyond — and made some U.S. bankers and lawyers and Chinese executives a bundle. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Tina Hassannia

Mar 30, 2018

The China Hustle is not interested in offering a crumb of hope, thereby enabling the frustration it will inevitably arouse in viewers to dissolve into apathy once the credits roll. Read full review

Simon Houpt

Mar 29, 2018

In horror movies, monsters often lose their power to terrify once they come fully into the frame. But as Rothstein reveals the full shape and size of an ogre that has slipped into our financial markets, just try to calm your growing dread. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Mar 28, 2018

It’s a mildly engrossing if wonky exercise in what could be called a kind of selfish activism. Read full review

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geewah

Jan 8, 2021

A doco that plays out like a crime/heist movie. Does shine a light on the crimes of big businesses and how they get away with it.

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EludiumQ36

Aug 6, 2018

China Hustle was revealing in yet another disgusting mega-financial fraud perpetuated on the public. Where it lacked was in resolution. There was a token effort by some of the principals to get the attention of Congress but there was little to no effort to involve the SEC or get them onChina Hustle was revealing in yet another disgusting mega-financial fraud perpetuated on the public. Where it lacked was in resolution. There was a token effort by some of the principals to get the attention of Congress but there was little to no effort to involve the SEC or get them on camera as to their ignorance or non-action in this area. This presentation was more about describing the problem than resolving it or presenting a plan to resolve, so it lacked a satisfying conclusion. Finally, this covered the time period of 2008 to 2012 so it's not clear this is a continuing problem or the fraud has run its course. At the end, it threw some shade on the Alibaba IPO (2014) but nothing firm. Again, easy to throw shade, cast asperions, but we can watch "Real Housewives" for that. Investigative documentaries need to bring investigations to a close either with convictions, acquittals, or new laws/regs designed to address the problems.… Expand

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