This is an Austrian documentary movie that deals with money. It was made back in 2008 and director Erwin Wagenhofer made a film on the food industry before that and more recently a brilliant documentary on the education system. So this one here is his take on economy. as always with his works, there is no narrator, but the entire thing is told us from interviewees. There is a Leonard Cohen movie that includes the lyrics "the poor stay poor, the rich get richer" and that is a perfect summary for this film here. I did not understand all the financial context given here, but even with as little interest in and knowledge about economy as myself, it is not difficult to understand the core issues that this film deals with.One of these would be greed. The fact that a very low percentage gets richer and richer results in a very high percentage getting poorer and poorer. Morals are also a central point here and it is sad to see how hardly anybody in the business seems to have them. I will not go much further into detail about the specific aspects that Wagenhofer elaborates on in here, but one of them would be tax havens for example. Basically, the entire film is about how rich people make use of (almost) illegal practices and possibilities in order to become even richer. In my opinion, this documentary gives a good insight into the financial market right now, but even more into the abyss of humans wanting more and more. A sad state of affairs and I agree with the last words from this documentary that we have a dark future ahead of us if we keep going like that. Recommended.

This movie is nothing but left wing garbage. Third world people of color good. Northern Europeans and Americans bad! Yawn. They take you through all of the poorest parts of the third world, and ignore the growing middle class in all of those countries, of course. Anything that does not support the leftist anti-capitalist viewpoint is left out. Badly put together, out of context comments, moralizing, and so on. Blame for problems placed onto the USA or the World Bank when most of the blame belongs to the "victim" countries and their lousy corrupt governments. Waste of time unless you believe in this far left, anti-capitalist cult of guilt.

Some of the documentaries being made these days are so poignant - partly due no doubt to the easy availability of info through the internet - that I am being stunned repeatedly! This film states so many shocking facts in less than 2 hours it's almost too much to take in.The sad thing is that most people in the west still have no idea what the U.S.-led World Bank and I.M.F. (and the corporations behind their decisions) are actually doing to poor Third World countries : the exploitation goes on as if we were still in the 1800's (witness the cotton-pickers in Africa) but now on a much, much larger scale.If you want to know what is really going on in our age, WATCH this film.

It isn't a good idea to send ahead that i fell asleep twice while being at the movies watching this film.The good things first: Yes, this movie explains the unfairness of modern international trading policies. It shows up the direct contrast between rich and poor countries and how this condition is perceived from both sides. Those who make money almost seem to apologize for their actions but on the other hand don't really feel guilty because "that's the way it is".In a very simple and direct way the foundations of the current financial crisis are explained, and even I "kinda" understood how this disaster was made possible now. Yes, it is very frustrating and it just shows how irresponsibly our money is being treated by the banks or whoever else we negotiate about our money with. Unfortunately there is something wrong with the flow of this movie. I don't understand a lot of segments, particularly the "impression scenes". This seems to have become typical for Austrian documentary filmers - to just let the camera roll, catch whatever just happens (which is mostly nothing) and edit it together as an "eternal misery scene". Whereas in documentaries of the last years the statements are edited together so obviously to save time, "Let's make money" takes its time to let people talk, and THIS can be nerve wrecking. Some interviewees are very old and therefore talk VERY slow, so it might take some time until the full sentence is over and when it's said it's very likely that you forgot how it began. As much as I treasure the content of the film I must admit that I found it extraordinarily boring and hard to watch. I don't know why directors or editors want to test their audience by presenting a film that appears "half done". But I am sure that this one will earn tons of prizes for the very hot topic and the "unconventional film-making". I for myself have seen way more accessible documentaries that are more informative and don't appear like they would try to be a piece of art.Conclusion: Great topic/content, very poor presentation!