Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets

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Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets

2022

1h 29m

Documentary

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The documentary explores the collective jaw-drop when GameStop shares soared 1700% in January 2021. Major hedge funds and other investors were so sure that the 90s-era, mall-based retailer was doomed that the size of the bet against the company was 140 percent the size of the company itself. r/WallStreetBets became so much more than a subreddit where participants discussed stock and option trading, quickly becoming notable for its aggressive trading strategies, colorful and profane jargon. r/WallStreetBets turned into a subculture with its own language, its own moral compass and a value system that thrives on gamesmanship and sowing chaos at every turn.

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I like this documentary very much; it's very straightforward.

May 21, 2022

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Teo Bugbee

New York Times

It’s a zippy, entertaining approach that offers a surprising degree of insight into the psychology that produced the GameStop phenomenon.

May 16, 2022

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Robert Daniels

IndieWire

A wacky and zany thriller in which these neophyte investors often throwing down 30k or more in capital recall how they transitioned from obsessive compulsive addicts to nihilist anarchists hellbent on giving an f-you to the system.

Rated: B-

Mar 16, 2022

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Warren Cantrell

The Playlist

"Diamond Hands" spends 84 minutes telling a tight and surprisingly nuanced story that never veers into outright mythmaking despite several of its subjects best efforts pulling up just short of a more interesting examination of a much larger system.

Rated: B-

Apr 14, 2022

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Martin Tsai

Critic's Notebook

Appropriately, the film feels like the Reddit user experience, albeit without the anonymity.

Apr 13, 2022

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Stephen Silver

Tilt Magazine

A fair, well-explained, and entertaining look at what happened

Rated: 4/5

Mar 25, 2022

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david f

A good behind-the-scenes retelling of the Meme Stock craze of late.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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The documentary explores the collective jaw-drop when GameStop shares soared 1700% in January 2021. Major hedge funds and other investors were so sure that the 90s-era, mall-based retailer was doomed that the size of the bet against the company was 140 percent the size of the company itself. r/WallStreetBets became so much more than a subreddit where participants discussed stock and option trading, quickly becoming notable for its aggressive trading strategies, colorful and profane jargon. r/WallStreetBets turned into a subculture with its own language, its own moral compass and a value system that thrives on gamesmanship and sowing chaos at every turn.

Director: Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari
Producer: Gary Kout, Myles Estey, Drea Cooper, Zackary Canepari, Molly O'Brien
Production Co: NBC News Studios
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (TV): May 15, 2022
Runtime: 1h 29m

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