In spite of some Errol Morris-style gimmickry, this is an engrossing documentary of how a corrupt company managed to pull the wool over a lot of gullible eyes before crashing and burning. It's an interesting story, told well. For me, it focused a bit too much on the pure criminality of what happened. To me it seems there are inherent problems in companies whose only business is speculating on products, as opposed to actually having a product or service of their own. The movie doesn't really get much into the larger context though, and I would have liked more of a sense of how Enron fits into the larger financial world than I got. Particularly since by the time I saw the film the whole economy had collapsed. This movie showed the dangerous of a corrupt corporate culture, but it's as though they just shone a flashlight on Enron and stuff near it, rather than a spotlight that could have lit up the whole thing. I'm not saying this isn't a good movie, just that a larger context would have made it a better one.
Review of Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
