Watch Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room For Free

The Worst Film Ever

As Good As It Gets

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

A fast-paced examination of the fall of Enron. This film is certainly a well-made documentary that took me from having absolutely no knowledge to having a pretty good understanding of the greatest corporate scandal in American history. Highly recommended. We need more docs like this one.

This is the story of Enron, a legacy that unraveled so fast, that at the the time, I had no idea what was going on. The film manages to describe, in some detail, all the shady goings on. We are given an in depth look at corruption, greed and absent morals. Money is lost, money is embezzled and it soon becomes so complex that your head might explode. Luckily, the subject matter is so engaging and riveting that you can't look away. Some of those responsible for the mess do come across as tragic characters that have lost their way. A brilliant piece of work that may be one sided, but surely there's only one side to be on.

I'll be the first to say, that I'm not totally clued up on the world of business, especially in terms of utilities and power, but I have to say that this film is a highly informative and hard hitting film that anyone, no matter what their interest, should find highly compelling.At it's heart, it exploits the downfalls and pitfalls of the Enron Corporation - arguably the most catastrophic bankruptcy in the history of the united states, with the redundancies of tens of thousands of employees worldwide, the crashing of stock (which it should be added staff heavily invested their own personal funds and pensions in), but not all before the MD's had all cashed in at it's amazingly high price.It contains past-employees accounts of the way the corporation was run, their opinions on Jeff Skilling and the fact that, at the hear of it, several senior figures within the company knew of it's downfalls. It makes for very compelling viewing at this 'highly stylised', which was nothing more than a very, very large pyramid scheme.At the start, I probably would've given this title a miss, but honestly, just watch a few minutes and I'm sure you'll be lured in - it makes for very interesting viewing.

If you haven't seen it or haven't seen it recently, it's well worth watching. Systemic fraud -- accountants, lawyers, regulators, investment banks, etc: "complicity across the board", "all too easy", accounting gimics, Alan Greenspan connections to the company, con man extraordinaire dissection of Jeff Skilling, massive egos, greed, lack of ethics among execs, connections with Bush family and Gray Davis downfall, testimony before House and Senate -- all well laid out in this documentary few years before the financial crisis hit: "Enron gambled entire future on the idea that its stock price wouldn't fall." Same rationale repeated a few years later with real estate as substitute. Doesn't offer much confidence that same exact thing is happening again in some form, papering over the losses from the the credit crisis with something else...Warning though: your blood will be boiling by the end of it.