Capital in the Twenty-First Century

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century

2020

1h 43m

Documentary

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93%

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70%

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Filmmaker Justin Pemberton examines issues related to wealth, power, poverty and inequality.

Critics Consensus

Capital in the Twenty-First Century can't hope to address its subject with the depth of its source material, but the end result remains an eye-opening overview.

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

09/27/2020

3/5

It's brisk, first-rate stuff, and not especially radical. I can see it being shown in schools.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

09/24/2020

3/5

Piketty's picture is no less dismaying for being so lavishly detailed.

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Danny Leigh

Financial Times

09/23/2020

3/5

If Piketty is a rock star, the film paints capitalism as a supergroup whose biggest hits were hugely popular, but are long in the past. New material has not been well received.

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

02/04/2021

B

The movie indicates America is now similar economically to what England was in the early 1800s. A tiny percentage of society controls almost all the wealth. Such inequality can destabilize a society.

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Emma Simmonds

The List

09/21/2020

4/5

If an in-depth examination might have been more satisfying, the film makes its points clearly and concisely.

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A.S. Hamrah

The Baffler

09/16/2020

It is possible to agree with everything in a film and still understand that the film is bad. So it is with Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

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Myles H

@myleshungerford 09/26/2023

It spends way too much time glossing over history before getting to any real point.

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06/15/2021

Those interested in economics should read Thomas Sowell's "Basic Economics". This TV show somehow manages to make the good guys look bad and vice versa.

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06/06/2021

So much bias against capitalism that tints everything with stupidity.

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02/20/2021

Although it was thorough in its approach, the film was very negative about everything. Very liberal doomer mentality

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02/08/2021

Great movie that everyone should watch, explains much of our financial systems throughout the different ages.also charges ideas of how society and governments can move forward to remedy our current financial crisis.

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01/22/2021

Makes some interesting points, but is mostly quite pedestrian

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Justin Pemberton examines issues related to wealth, power, poverty and inequality.

Director: Justin Pemberton
Producer: Matthew Metcalfe, Johan De Faria, Yann Le Prado, Catherine Madigan
Screenwriter: Justin Pemberton, Thomas Piketty, Matthew Metcalfe
Production Co: General Film Corporation, Upside Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 3, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 3, 2020
Runtime: 1h 43m