The documentary 'Gamestop: Rise of the Players,' directed by Jonah Tulis, boasts a strong story, despite cinematic and journalistic shortcomings.
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The nature of that idea varies depending on who’s describing it. The gist of the GameStop stock story is this: When the company’s value was at rock bottom, a few small-time investors crunched the numbers and saw a real potential for growth, which they explained to friends and followers on social media. As the stock price started inching higher, the idea of buying into GameStop started to catch on among a network of people who enjoy turning the ups and downs of the market into memes.
Around the same time, these dreamers and pranksters found a common enemy in a few hedge fund managers who had taken, signaling they believed the company was on its last legs. “Rise of the Players” documents the wild ride that ensued, using excerpts from the news and interviews with the main figures to explain how a wave of high-volume buying — coupled with the vocal frustration of the Wall Street establishment — briefly led to a suspension in trading and a congressional investigation.
This documentary has its limitations, both as a piece of reporting and as cinema. Tulis and his editors rarely give the viewer a moment to breathe and reflect, as they race through a blitz of images from internet chats and cable shows. Their approach to the documentary form is merely functional at best, and sometimes is visually unappealing.
They also don’t do enough to distinguish between the Wall Street types who shamelessly dismantle viable businesses and the kinds of short-sellers — lionized in movies like
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