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Business Stationary Mart - Maxed Out
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List Price: $19.98
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Manufacturer: Magnolia
Starring: Beth Naef, Mike Hudson, Louis C.K., Catherine Brown, John Brown
Directed By: James D. Scurlock
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: MAXED OUT (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 0876964000864
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Magnolia
Manufacturer: Magnolia
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Magnolia
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2007-06-05
Running Time: 90
Studio: Magnolia
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Summary: Let the Buyer Beware
Comment: It's a good message for the first half when it's expressing a cautionary tale on irresponsible borrowing. But the second half sorta derailed when it became a hit piece on Bush somehow being the brainiac [which no one has accused him of ever being a brainiac] that is forcing people underwater on easy/expensive credit. That doesn't fly, freedom means you are on your own. You are free to refuse credit... and I wish you would because the exuberant amount of fiat money in the system inflates all pricing for everyone, even for those who are financially responsible. This filmmaker obviously went to the propaganda film school of Michael Moore. The formula is simple, show half the story, emphasizing one side for effect. It's a disservice.
For instance, the 'filmmaker' heavily glosses over the majority of borrowers that game the system for every drop they can, default to chapter 11, and walk away scot free. And then he devolves into advocating socialized medicine and the iraq war. Not really the point of the movie. I suppose he could have brought it back around by talking about leftist agendas of forgiven foreign debt to developing nations... which also induces the moral hazard and keeps them impoverished. That wouldn't fit in with his template of course.
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Summary: Horrible
Comment: Nothing new here. I could not finish this one. Synopsis: Credit card companies are evil. The consumer is not at fault. We have no control over our credit cards.
There was absolutely no substance to this movie. A few interviews of people with debt, and a boring Harvard professor.
I was looking for a more detailed analysis of the workings of credit card companies and the growing household debts across the country. Instead, the movie chose to focus on a select few people, with rather mundane stories. The people interviewed were simply boring. The title is MAXED OUT, interview some people with some MAXED OUT stories.
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Summary: Til Debt Do You Part
Comment: I can think of no better day than today to review this excellent documentary. You see, today is the day after Thanksgiving 2008; what many call "Black Friday." It is the day many of us sink further into debt buying crap our friends and family probably don't need nor want. Couple that with a destabilizing economy and you've got serious issues to think about. The question we need to ask ourselves is "why?" Why do we feel the need to spend more than we make (or may ever make)?
The tough answer is here in MAXED OUT, writer/director James D. Scurlock's first feature length documentary.
I think many of us know the answer but simply refuse to acknowledge it: we want to keep up with the Jones'. They have a new car, we need a new car. They have a new washer/dryer, we need a new one. It is a cycle being perpetuated by the credit industry and we, the consumers, have been drawn to it like moths to a flamethrower.
Maxed Out gives us insights that should make one angry and fearful. Predatory lenders like MBNA, Capitol One, and other credit card companies target those that are least likely to be able to afford credit. Why? Because these are the people who max out their cards then pay the minimum monthly amounts until ...either bankrupt or death do them part. It's a marriage made in Hell and it continues to this day. College students who enter a new campus are likely to find tables set up near their dorms offering sign ups for new credit cards. Why? Again, because they can't afford it (sadly these are the people who end up in the worst situations, often dangling from their necks in dorm room closets).
Add to this fact that we are now in the worst financial/debt crisis in U.S. history (end of 2008) and is there any wonder why? George Bush and his buddies at MBNA passed a new law that puts tighter restrictions on filing for bankruptcy, making those who really need assistance the least likely to get it (but it's okay to spend 700 billion taxpayer dollars to bail out banks that caused this debacle). Heinous. And do the credit card companies have to answer to anyone? Morally or ethically? Not that I've seen.
This is a documentary well worth your while. And at a quick 89 minutes, it won't eat up a lot of your precious time ...like those credit card bills will.
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Summary: You'll never want to use a credit card again!
Comment: I was shocked, appalled, but enlightened after seeing this video.
EVERY consumer who uses credit products should see this film. It's socially irresponsible not too!
We have been duped! We've been taken for a ride and are paying a high cost for it.
The credit cards are now cut up and they will never be used again!
You have to see this! That's all I can say. You will never view a piece of plastic the same way again!
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Summary: For such a time as this
Comment: At time when our country is in crises because of lenders making NINJA Loans (No Income. No Job. No Assets), there is not a better time for people to buy and watch Maxed Out. Maxed Out paints a sobering picture of credit practices that ruin people's lives. Although Maxed Out accurately explains that borrowers cannot depend on lenders to advise them in setting proper limits on borrowing, it does not place enough emphasis on the individual's responsibility for his own actions. William Shakespeare wrote in Hamlet, Neither a borrower nor lender be." Maxed Out explains why Shakespeare's advice is so sound for us today.
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Maxed Out takes viewers on a journey deep inside the American style of debt where things seem fine as long as the minimum monthly payment arrives on time. Shocking and incisive Maxed Out paints a picture of a national nightmare which is all too real for most of us.Runtime: 87 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating:Â NR UPC:Â 876964000864 Manufacturer No:Â 10086
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