Click here to copy URL

Betting on Zero

2016

Ted Braun

Documentary, Self: William Ackman

6.2

365

Documentary Writer/director Ted Braun follows controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman as he puts a billion dollars on the line in his crusade to expose Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history.

	Author	Review
United States	Steve Greene IndieWire	"'Betting on Zero' captures the everyone-for-themselves desperation that would make any wronged individual furious (...) Braun just seems to have stumbled on this story at an inopportune time."	NEU
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"A fascinating real-life business tale, filled with colorful characters (...) The battle between the two financial titans gives the story an almost Shakespearean feel."	POS
United States	Ben Kenigsberg The New York Times	"Even without an upbeat ending, though, 'Betting on Zero' would be persuasive advocacy (...) Even more valuable is the opportunity to meet and learn about Herbalife’s purported victims"	POS
United States	Gary Goldstein Los Angeles Times	"[Braun] builds solid momentum (...) It all adds up to a timely, provocative and absorbing tale of money, power and a search for the truth."	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Braun finds his film’s heart in their story; certainly, it’s a relief to find one beating here (...) Braun documents events as they happen"	POS

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.