Name: Freakonomics
Director: Rachel Grady
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2010-10-01
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.1
Cast: Zoe Sloane, Jade Viggiano, Amancaya Aguilar, Kahiry Bess, Alisha Nagarsheth

What if everything you think you know about cheating, names, and crime is dead wrong?

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Overview

Documentary

Some of the world's most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.

Content warning

high school woman director experiment corruption cheating economics limousine real estate

Incentive structuresUnintended consequencesData vs intuitionHuman self-interest

Standout Aspects

Direction

Six wildly different styles, somehow cohesive

Writing

Levitt's data storytelling hits different

Editing

Tight segments that know when to quit

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Director

Rachel Grady

ReleasedOct 1, 2010

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feellight

Budget$3M·Revenue$103.7K

Top Cast

Greg Crowe

Johnny the Mechanic

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Each director got full creative control over their segment—no unified visual style required. The result is basically a film festival in a trenchcoat.

Cultural

The book sold 4 million copies and spawned this whole 'pop economics' genre, for better or worse. Blame Freakonomics for every TED talk about 'the hidden side of' anything.