The field of economics can study more than the workings of economies or businesses, it can also help explore human behavior in how it reacts to incentives. Economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner host an anthology of documentaries that examines how people react to opportunities to gain, wittingly or otherwise. The subjects include the possible role a person's name has for their success in life, why there is so much cheating in an honor bound sport like sum... (Full plot summary below)
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The field of economics can study more than the workings of economies or businesses, it can also help explore human behavior in how it reacts to incentives. Economist Steven D. Levitt and journalist Stephen J. Dubner host an anthology of documentaries that examines how people react to opportunities to gain, wittingly or otherwise. The subjects include the possible role a person's name has for their success in life, why there is so much cheating in an honor bound sport like sumo wrestling, what helped reduce crime in the USA in the 1990s onward and we follow an school experiment to see if cash prizes can encourage struggling students to improve academically.
Leave your thoughts about Freakonomics.
| ColeSmithey.comCole SmitheyWhile not as thoroughly informative or entertaining as it could have been under the control of a single director, "Freakonomics" is a thought-provoking documentary that keeps you wanting more. |
| Reeling ReviewsRobin CliffordAn interesting, uneven mountain of stats and facts that, overall, is inconclusive. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...an enjoyable, lightweight affair that plays like the pilot for a premium cable series - something like a less raucous version of the Penn & Teller's Showtime series |
| Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerThe film is provocative but also scattershot and not nearly as conclusive as it pretends to be. The almost complete absence of naysayers in any of the sections is a tip-off that the game is rigged. |
| Mark Reviews MoviesMark DujsikIt cannot and should not be expected to give us the answers we want (or any at all, for that matter). The point of the field of Levitt and Dubner's study is to ask the right questions. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris HewittIf you didn't read the book, you can get a less-satisfying version of it here, but you'd be better off hitting the book. And if you did read the book, the movie is superfluous. |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleA movie for those of you who like to fill out the crossword puzzle or play Sudoku daily |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliTaken as a whole, Freakonomics feels almost like an extended episode of 60 Minutes with a lot of childish animation and some awkward connecting sequences. |
| I.E. WeeklyAmy NicholsonSometimes, it has all the answers. More often, it just asks the right questions. And in today's 24-hour froth of insta-pundit analysis, we need curiosity more than certainty. |
| Miami HeraldRene RodriguezA brisk and lively cinematic Cliff's Notes of the 2005 nonfiction bestseller that made the lofty promise to reveal "the hidden side of everything." |
