It borders on overwhelming itself with the sheer amount of characters and any film that depicts Internet culture will struggle to make it work but Dumb Money remains a really good crowd pleaser in which it's satisfying to watch ordinary people win in a system that's rigged against them.
There's a lot of players involved here so some people don't get much and most are fine but highlights include Paul Dano leading the film with a kind presence, Pete Davidson playing to his strengths as a really funny comic relief and Sebastian Stan who is ridiculously accurate to his real life counterpart all the way down to his enunciation.
Craig Gillespie has thankfully toned the needle drops, it still borders on excessive but stops just before getting there. Elsewhere, the Fincher vibes are strong in pretty much every aspect, especially Will Bates' score which is so clearly trying to be Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross but considering everything the film is going for that works.
There's a lot of players involved here so some people don't get much and most are fine but highlights include Paul Dano leading the film with a kind presence, Pete Davidson playing to his strengths as a really funny comic relief and Sebastian Stan who is ridiculously accurate to his real life counterpart all the way down to his enunciation.
Craig Gillespie has thankfully toned the needle drops, it still borders on excessive but stops just before getting there. Elsewhere, the Fincher vibes are strong in pretty much every aspect, especially Will Bates' score which is so clearly trying to be Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross but considering everything the film is going for that works.