Snappy, fast-paced, fun David vs Goliath narrative as small time investors take on the might of Wall Street Hedge Fund analysts.
The strangulation of the video game store GameStop is the target for a quick, get-rich scheme by Gabe Plotkin (Seth Rogen). But in the time of COVID lockdowns, social behaviour follows no known pattern with ‘everyman’ Keith Gill (Paul Dano) following, analysing and broadcasting on YouTube the investment of his life savings into GameStop. Rather than strangling the company, with eight million followers mirroring Gill, the tables are turned on the billionaires as they head for bankruptcy. With Caroline Gill (Shailene Woodley) anxiously looking on as their investment moves from $100,000 to more than $20 million, Gill encourages all to stay firm and keep their shares: every dirty trick in the book is about to be thrown at them.
An incredible true story, director Craig Gillespie entertainingly covers several narratives linked to the core storyline. In-debt students, a GameStop employee (Anthony Ramos), a palliative care nurse (America Ferrara) are all first timers whilst Plotkin sees his life crumble in spite of massive injections of cash support from billionaires Steve Cohen (Vincent D’Onofrio) and Ken Griffin (Nick Offerman).
Rating: 72%
Director: Craig Gillespie (I Tonya, Cruella)
Writer: Lauren Schuker Blum (TV’s Orange is the New Black), Rebecca Angelo (TV’s Orange is the New Black)
Main cast: Paul Dano (The Fabelmans, There Will Be Blood), Pete Davidson (The King of Staten Island, The Suicide Squad), Shailene Woodley (Ferrari, The Fault in Our Stars)
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