Freakonomics (2010)

Wonderful character development!

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

A few of the issues addressed in the book are examined: cheating, paying students, crime.The crime segment was interesting as statistics were actually used. I didn't quite understand how the percentages were developed for why crime decreased. I do find it interesting that Roe v. Wade is used to explain the reduction of crime in the late 1980s.I guess I didn't quite follow the sumo controversy too carefully. That a match that doesn't much matter is "thrown" doesn't bother me. When an NFL team has secured a spot in the playoffs, it often doesn't play its stars in a meaningless end of season regular game. I liken the sumo situation to that.Freakonomics is thought provoking. For that, it is recommended. Treat yourself to an interesting flick.

I read the book enough years ago to have forgotten a big part of it, yet I still saw that the movie omitted major topics, while dragging a lot on others (sumo and the experiment of bribing the 9th graders).In general, the movie could have mentioned more convincing data and statistics, instead of dwelling on obscure bits. For example, the parenting chapter was massively abridged. The book talks about 10 factors that actually make a difference, like parents having lots of book in their home. The chapter on why drug dealers still live with their moms was omitted, and so was the chapter on Ku Klux Klan.And here's an actually *useful* bit of information, as opposed to my opinions about this movie: You're much better off spending 5 minutes reading the summary of the book from Wikisummaries.org (short URL - http://bit.ly/haT4i2).

I don't understand all of the negative reviews. I loved the book and loved the movie.I think the negative reviews had to have come from people who are skeptical about the validity of statistical data (which makes no sense).Or just believe that economics and looking at the way data sets can predict outcomes is totally false.Ney to the Neysayers! I thought the movie was well executed with fun animation to keep attention but most of all the content was king. Cheers to the authors for their fantastic work!

The first scene with the real estate segment is interesting. The rest is useless information and strange hypothesizing about things. With information interpretation one could arrive in opposite conclusions using the same data according to a philosophy that suited him.The school incentive segment is exceptionally distasteful. Paying kids for doing their homework, great idea, maybe the grading teachers can get in on that deal. These guys appear smart none the less, maybe they should try to understand the underlying causes of these problems and come back with some real answers. Definitely not what you expect to watch and definitely not worth watching it.