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Dumb Money is a fresh, easy-to-digest movie about the GameStop short squeeze that brought Wall Street to its knees.

A lot of the young men who became stock traders in the 1980s saw themselves as rebels. With their Porsches and drugs and (by the decade’s end) their idolization of Gordon Gekko, they put the kill into making a killing. They were the new swingers of greed. Of course, they weren’t really rebels, but it …

The new ripped-from-headlines comedy at TIFF from the “I, Tonya” director tries to put a “Big Short” spin on the GameStop stock market saga, but misses the mark.

It tells the story of the GameStop movement: equal parts fluke, insurrection, and pyramid scheme.

An ensemble cast led by Paul Dano shines in this lively movie that plays like “The Big Short” for underdogs.

While the SAG/AFTRA strike in Hollywood has kept some stars at home during this year's Toronto International Film Festival, there's still a plethora of fantastic movies to choose from. CBC's Entertainment News team has put together a list of the must-see offerings at TIFF 2023.

Dumb Money Review: Paul Dano Stands Out in director Craig Gillespies Definitive Portrait of the COVID Era

Behind ’Dumb Money’ Director Craig Gillespie Stars Paul Dano Peter Davidson America Ferrera

There’s an inferior version of this film that talks down to its audience, or worse expects them to get heavily invested themselves in its retail trading subculture.

Critics have seen Craig Gillespies Dumb Money, heres what they are saying about the GameStop dramedy starring Paul Dano.