Fascinating
David from Dublin, 28 Apr 2007
Very entertaining and frightening in some ways. These guys were getting away with all sorts of strokes. Imagine being able to switch off electricity to millions of people at the flick of a switch so as to drive up the price.
8 people out of 11 found this review helpful
Documental type...interesting
Robert from Kildare, 13 Nov 2007
Got this out just after reading the book. It's interesting to see the real footage of these "Executives" squirm as they try make up for their dishonesty and arrogance. The book goes into excellent detail about the whole story of Enron but the interviews with the authors of the book in this film, as well as the News coverage clips at the time, really gives you a better idea of what made this $38bln bankrupcy possible in the first place...greed, lies, arrogance & refusing to accept responsability.
3 people out of 4 found this review helpful
How to lose money and still get rich.
John from Donegal, 13 Sep 2007
The Enron scandal was all over the papers a few years ago, so I was looking forward to seeing this. I found it both astonishing (that they got away with it for so long) and tragic (to see the real victims coping with the aftermath). It was very entertaining, well written and presented. Though it doesn't go into the aftermath enough for my liking, and dwelled too much on the dollar value of everything. All in all, well worth a look for any budding Embezzler out there.
2 people out of 3 found this review helpful
Corporate scandal
Ian from Dublin, 16 Jun 2007
A fascinating insight into a huge corporate scandal, run by greedy, manipulative and essentially criminal businessmen. The viewer must remain on thier toes for the documentaries duration,as it goes along way to explaining this intirguing tale. Stay with it however, you wont believe the cheek of these "guys"!
2 people out of 2 found this review helpful
Enron
Robbie from Dublin, 14 Aug 2007
An excellent documentary.Gives a real insight into the corporate greed that exists not just in America but around the world and hope deeply it is embedded within capitalism.
2 people out of 3 found this review helpful
pretty boring
wendy from Cavan, 26 Apr 2008
i found this pretty boring.most of it was lost on me and just went
straight over my head because i'm not someone who understands
the fine workings of the financial world.the overall picture i got was
just another typical story of greedy,corrupt,already stinking rich
people walking all over poor people so they can make themselves
even richer.commiting crimes and getting away with it because
surprise,surprise the bush family are yet again linked to another
scandal.it's basically average.
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Documentary film a study of Business Scandal
mary from Limerick, 05 May 2012
Documentary film a study of one of the largest business scandals in American history.The film examines the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company's top executives; it also shows the involvement of the Enron traders in the California electricity crisis. The film features interviews with McLean and Elkind, as well as former Enron executives and employees, stock analysts, reporters and the former Governor of California Gray Davis.
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Dey Do Ron,really dey do.
Anthony from Dublin, 17 Aug 2007
Yes, they do it in America too,but of course the scale is soooooo much bigger. This is an interesting view of the collapse of Enron as it tells you how they managed to get so big that they could collapse in style. Naturally we have all the usual elements here, workers jobs gone, workers pension schemes destroyed, directors with expensive lawyers driving to court in limousines and getting jail sentences that I would serve for a 400 million payoff. A facinating documentary.
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