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A story on how the big pharma extracts your last dime while leaving you sick and undefended, on the edge of dying. Valeant's story is not unknown in the financial world, but the light this movie sheds on them elevates it to a whole new level. Out of all Dirty Money episodes, this is my favorite. It very well shows how greedy American tycoons are, and how distant have became money and morals. My only issue with this one is that the title depicts Andrew Left (one of the experts interviewed and involved in the short) too positively, while in reality there are a couple of shady cases behind Citron.

Back then the short squeeze happened, I was also following this story in detail, so nothing in this movie was new to me. I still watched it with hopes that I would learn some background on the Melvin-Robinhood scandal. That didn't happen. It should've gone deeper into the so-called conspiracy theory, and I'm disappointed that the filmmakers seemingly wanted to avoid legal trouble.

But altogether, as a docu, it's well put together. The characters, atmosphere and the language is honest and reflects what I've seen on WSB back then.

Since the GME story was a unique and big one, I'd recommend this title to all retail investors who haven't heard about GameStop yet. But if you already know the story, this is a skip.