'Enron': The smartest guys are also the ickiest guys
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

"Ask why" was the slogan of the Houston-based energy company Enron, the seventh largest corporation in the United States until its spectacular meltdown in 2001. Accordingly, filmmaker Alex Gibney does ask why. In the documentary, "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room," his conclusion is that a bunch of greedy, arrogant Enron executives asked themselves, "Why not?" and not only plundered their company, but also the future of 20,000 employees who saw their life savings evaporate even as top brass like Kenneth Lay and Jeff Skilling were pocketing millions. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
A documentary based on the book by Bethany McClean and Peter Elkind, the film tells the story behind the infamous Enron scandal.

FILM FACTS ...
Magnolia Pictures
'Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room'

Director: Alex Gibney
Writing credits: Bethany McLean, Peter Elkind
Run time: 110 minutes
Release date: April 22, 2005
Rating: Unrated.

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: A-
"Forget 'The Amityville Horror' and 'The Ring Two.' Here's the scariest movie of the year so far. "

Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"The movie flirts with the ostentatiousness the firm's executives were condemned for. But it's hard to complain about a documentary that is able to make complicated accounting fraud accessible — engrossing, even — to laypeople."

The Palm Beach Post: B+
"...a defining film of our times, a morality tale in which simple greed becomes a company's undoing."


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