...because a large percentage of them are likely the target demographic of this country's predatory financial system. Writer/producer/director James Scurlock surveys the state of our credit-driven consumer society with a sharp if somewhat prejudicial eye, and what he sees isn't pretty. Scurlock's main thesis has even gained power in light of the post-release financial snafus the country is dealing with now. The presentation isn't as clever as longtime classics like "The Atomic Cafe" or "Koyaanisqatsi," or even less political ones like "Crumb" or "Hoop Dreams," but it's still effective. If you've never been exposed to the information presented before, you'll never look at your credit cards (or the phony baloney so many issuers deluge you with) quite the same way again. And that'll be a good thing, Anthony, a very, very good thing.
