Freakonomics
- Director: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock
- Writer: Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner
- Theatrical Release Date: October 1, 2010
- Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
- Criticwire: B-
- On The Web Film WebsiteIMDB Entry
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]
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indiewire review: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" -- meaning the interpersonal rituals dictating when societa... MORE »
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