It almost makes the cut at a 6.3 from IMDB, and a 65% from RT, but this documentary is fantastic. This movie looks at the hidden side of everything from grades on standardized tests to professional sumo wrestling. Using numbers and mathematics, an economist is determined to find a pattern in why things are the way they are, and how we can fix them.
"Equal parts journalistic expose and targeted anthropological dissection, the slick anthology production Freakonomics makes heavy ideas go down easy."
— Eric Kohn
"dds up to a revelatory trip into complex, innovative ideas and altered perspectives on how people think."
— John Anderson
Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.