Sarah Vincent Sarah G Vincent Views Jun 12, 2024

If documentaries could be classified according to a fictional genre, “The China Hustle” would be a horror film teasing a sequel now starring Ali Baba as the next Michael Myers.

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Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema Apr 6, 2021 3/5

Another by-the-numbers doc about an ongoing financial crisis rooted in manipulation and apathy.

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Richard Crouse Richard Crouse Mar 4, 2021 4/5

It isn't so much a lesson in economics as it is a film about due diligence and common sense.

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David-Elijah Nahmod Bay Area Reporter Jun 2, 2020

This makes for a fine companion piece to whatever our leader is up to with his raising of tariffs and jawboning about China's longstanding practice of stealing intellectual property from US companies attempting to gain access to China's domestic market.

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Jorge Ignacio Castillo The Canadian Crew Jan 27, 2020

Apparently, investing in China is a terrible idea. Dense but important doc.

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Marisa Carpico The Pop Break Dec 22, 2018 8.5/10

It's a lot to keep track of, but Rothstein is a clever editor and the film flows so that the constant information dump never becomes overwhelming.

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Dec 3, 2018 A

This documentary unveils some shocking facts about investments, and how few protections there are for investors facing this kind of scam.

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Renee Schonfeld Common Sense Media Jul 10, 2018 3/5

US investors lose billions in 21st century fraud; language.

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Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue May 4, 2018

... assembles some persuasive and detailed evidence. Unfortunately, it doesn't provide much hope for meaningful change.

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Max Bentovim Brightest Young Things Apr 26, 2018 2/100

The China Hustle is one of the most disingenuous, cynical, and ultimately ugly documentaries I've ever seen.

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Richard Whittaker Austin Chronicle Apr 19, 2018 3.5/5

Think the trade deficit is a source of economic concern? The China Hustle makes the imminent trade war look like a fight over small change.

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Andy Crump Paste Magazine Apr 3, 2018 7.1/10

If all of this sounds dry on paper, it's remarkably propulsive and even entertaining on the screen.

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Al Alexander The Patriot Ledger Mar 31, 2018 A-

This is one of those documentaries -- like "Abacus" and "Enron" -- that make you boiling mad at greedy bankers, ineffectual politicians and a financial system shedding regulations like the snakes that these people are shed their skin.

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Nathanael Hood The Young Folks Mar 30, 2018 8/10

It's impossible to watch The China Hustle without feeling a mixture of incredulous outrage and fury at all the corruption, all the complicity, all the injustice.

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Ken Eisner Georgia Straight Mar 30, 2018

With its cool graphics and satellite-eye view of global chicanery, this is an easy sit for people who enjoyed the comic fictionalizing of The Big Short.

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Tina Hassannia RogerEbert.com Mar 30, 2018 2.5/4

The frank, level-headed tone of the documentary does not transform into the righteous anger that such financial corruption calls for.

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Simon Houpt Globe and Mail Mar 30, 2018 2.5/4

In horror movies, monsters often lose their power to terrify once they come fully into the frame. But as Rothstein reveals the full shape and size of an ogre that has slipped into our financial markets, just try to calm your growing dread.

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Chris Knight National Post Mar 29, 2018 3/5

The sleuthing is fascinating to watch.

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Noah Gittell Washington City Paper Mar 29, 2018

Ultimately, it does what an issue documentary must do and nothing more: spell out a problem, underline its urgency, and leave the viewer wondering what, if anything, they can do about it.

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Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times Mar 29, 2018

Makes a sound case for greater regulation of financial systems.

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