Hank: 5 Years From the Brink

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Audience Member Hank Paulson's refusal to accept responsibility for not requiring banks bailed out by taxpayers to reserve a portion of that bailout for consumer lending, and his failure to limit absolutely the compensation and bonuses paid out with those funds, is reprehensible. Having come from the investment banking world, he should have known what these bankers would do. The producer's failure to really probe these issues leaves us with Hank's weak self-assessment. His and his oh-so-humble wife Wendy's inventory of his supposed humility, honesty, honor — blah, blah, blah — is annoying and makes this venture little more than a vanity project. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent portrayal of events as understood from my perspective as a financial advisor for 30 years. It made stunningly clear all the perplexing choices at hand with him as well as Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke in saving the economy from a horrendous collapse on the scale of the Great Depression. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member I really liked this Joe Berlinger doc. The economic crisis told from Hank Paulson's perspective, but Berlinger doesn't let him get away without asking some of the hard questions. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/10/23 Full Review Audience Member An airbrushed and self righteous documentary where Paulson Justifiies the actions taken prior to and during the Credit Crunch, despite the near death of the financial system and the overhang of high unemployment and falling living standards, hank seems to learn absolutely nothing about how Greed and believes in self sustsaining market played a role in the mess he was drafted to clean up. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Audience Member A damn fine documentary. This reminded me a lot of McNamara's "Fog of War" with how open and honest he was being about his failures. Anyone who really wants to get to the heart of the financial crisis, this is a good movie to begin with. You get to learn all the key dates and important players, straight from the horses's mouth. Good Concept, Good Execution Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member An interesting documentary that sheds some light on one of the most controversial figures of last decade's financial meltdown. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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