Generation Wealth (2018)

• Year: 2018
• Released: 20 Jul 2018
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 6 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5268348/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/generation_wealth
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• Available in: 720p,
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Documentary
• Runtime: 105 min
• Writer: Lauren Greenfield
• Director: Lauren Greenfield
• Cast: Lauren Greenfield, Bret Easton Ellis, Paris Cronin
• Keywords: capitalism, materialism, consumerism, late stage capitalism,

	6.6/10
	53/100
	46% – Critics
	52% – Audience

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A Powerful Examination of the Corruption of the American Dream

Photographer/Director Laurie Greenfield’s Generation Wealth was extremely well-received at Austin’s SXSW Film Festival (coming off of its appearances at Sundance and the Berlin Film Festival). It is a remarkable cinematic journey as she revisits those she has photographed for previous projects which have often focused on excessive wealth. Greenfield eloquently captures the decaying of the American Dream as a form of corrupt capitalism has eaten away at American idealism and replaced it with a form extreme narcistic materialism. In many ways this film explains – while barely mentioning him – how this country could elect corrupt narcissist as its President. It describes a country where beauty, sex, fame, and status have all become commodities on sale to the highest bidder Greenfield takes it a step further by intriguingly adding herself and her own family as part of the story and suggesting that her careerism is also part of the problem. The photography is beautiful and provides a powerful narrative of the collapse of the American Dream. Highly recommended to all who care about the future of America. Greenfield should be commended for a work that is both personal and political.

Had Lots MORE Potential – but still interesting

What interesting subject matter spanning decades of following kids born with silver spoons. And there definitely IS some interesting photography and inter views, but the biggest issue is that it fails to draw any big conclusions around the central theme. It feels a little bit like, “here is some info from my work as a journalist/photographer and make with it what you well.” Which is fine, but it lacked follow-through thematically.

The Effect Of $$$

Money can be a tricky thing: Despite nearly everyone’s professing of the want of more of it, those that have it do not experience the seemingly requisite happiness or contentment. As a subject in this documentary says: “If you believe money can buy happiness, you obviously have never had money!”. Everyone believes they can be the exception to the rule, but the results seem to indicate otherwise.

“Generation Wealth” is, at its core, a personal project from photojournalist/director Lauren Greenfield. She basically turned her camera lens toward the affluent around the world (we visit China, Russia, Europe, along with the U.S.), shot as many pics as possible, and then looked to see what interesting conclusions might be drawn from the experience.

For some reason, “Generation Wealth” receives very poor ratings from the critics, and I think I know the crux of the reason why: this is a very expansive, far-reaching documentary that severely lacks a thesis. Though the production value is very high, it lacks a true goal or thesis, instead throwing a bunch of wealth-related ideas out for thought and just letting them “sit there”, so to speak.

The reason for this lack of coherent subject or purpose? In many respects, this is as much a personal journey for Greenfield, who grew up in the affluent LA suburbs and thus has a very personal stake in the entire discussion. Her relationships (documented on camera) with her own parents and immediate family/children bring an emotional punch to the doc that is much-appreciated (at least by this viewer). It’s one thing to see how wealth affects the richest of Wall Street traders or international business tycoons. It’s another to see how it can creep into day-to-day life of the “average” folk as well.

Usually, I would criticize a doc like this one for lacking any sort of primary focus or goal to accomplish, but I think “Generation Wealth” is the rare piece that works in spite of (if not in some ways because of) its non-proselytizing ways. It is indeed “all over the place”, but all the different avenues it turns down lead to productive highways instead of dead-ends. Add in the emotional Greenfield angle and it covers all the bases.

Because of the ratings, I had very low expectations coming into “Generation Wealth”, but found myself riveted from the opening salvo to the closing credits. If you are a fan of social documentaries or the topic of wealth in general, you’ll find something to enjoy here.