
A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.... (Full plot summary below)
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A documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.
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| America MagazineJohn AndersonThe film embraces the ostentatious, the pathetic and in some cases the tragic, almost ennobling the compulsions and obsessions that people pursue, while not attempting any real answers to what motivates the pursuit. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineA riveting exploration of consumerism, taking a surprisingly personal approach that touches on unexplored aspects of a society that's addicted to monetising virtually everything. |
| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe conclusions that Generation Wealth draws are shallow-part mass-culture doomsaying and part paean to simplistic picket-fence values. |
| The Patriot LedgerAl AlexanderIt may entice with opulence and riches, but in the end, "Wealth" didn't buy my love. |
| The PlaylistJessica KiangWhat we get is a film that is most fun when observing the cautionary lifestyles of the once-rich and adjacent-to-famous, but most insightful when it pulls outs of the fast lane and Greenfield's eye turns inward on her own life. |
| AwardsCircuit.comChristopher JamesBy being both sprawling and personal, Greenfield forces us to look at how we are all complicit in this culture that prizes wealth. |
| Backseat MafiaRob AldamWhilst it suffers from a lack of focus at times, it's a well-made and thought-provoking insight into our strange new world. |
| Bloomberg NewsJames TarmyGreenfield's takeaway -- money doesn't buy happiness, family is important, status is illusory -- feels too pat. It also ignores a larger point: The people here who claim not to want money are the people who've had it and lost it. |
| Capital Times (Madison, WI)Rob ThomasWhile the pieces don't always fit together, they're often interesting on their own, especially as subjects now older and wiser reflect on their hedonistic days. |
| RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyGreenfield wraps up this compulsively watchable movie with observations of family love and some of its characters striving for redemption and/or an honest living. But she doesn’t quite dissolve the bitterness of the pill. Because it really can’t be. |