Review – Maxed Out

Bravo to everyone fighting the good fight against the credit insanity inflicting this society. This low-budget documentary makes a lot of excellent points about the dangerously morally bankrupt economy we’ve created for ourselves. The collection companies and credit card corporation executives are clichés on the order of Fagin or Simon Legree. Some of the victims effectively play the role of helpless sufferers, while others seem more as if they used shovels bought on credit to dig their own financial graves. Though overall this is an interesting, informative piece of work, two things would have made it better. First, the filmmakers should have spent more time interviewing their experts about how to avoid being exploited by the system. I didn’t need a full-fledged Dave Ramsey seminar, but at least a little practical advice would have been nice. And second, the title cards were almost completely illegible. Use a font people can read, for cryin’ out loud. Otherwise just keep up the good work. Mildly amusing