Freakonomics

Director: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock
Writer: Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner
Theatrical Release Date: October 1, 2010 8:49 AM
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Criticwire: B-
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Synopsis: America's leading documentary makers collaborate on a film version of the hugely popular economics tome Freakonomics. Written by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, the book takes everyday situations and analyzes them using economic theories, and has already sold more than three million copies worldwide. [Synopsis provided by IGN]

Reviews

Review | Movies Within a Movie: The Anthology Documentary "Freakonomics"

Equal parts journalistic exposé and targeted anthropological dissection, the slick anthology production "Freakonomics" makes heavy ideas go down easy. That's the point, of course: Based on Steven Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner's bestselling 2005 tome, the movie explores "the hidden side of everything"...
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News

Magnolia Acquires "Freakonomics"

Magnolia Pictures has announced that it has acquired all North American rights to "Freakonomics," the highly anticipated film version of the bestselling book about incentives-based thinking by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
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Box Office: "Superman," "Catfish" Continue Their Surge; "Freakonomics" Disappoints

With few new specialty films reporting estimates, the big story this weekend was definitely the impressive holdover performances of docs "Waiting For 'Superman'" and "Catfish," which in their second and third frames, respectively, showed serious strength. According to estimates provided by Rentrak ...
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