Betting On Zero

2017 • 104 minute

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From 'Darfur Now' writer/director Ted Braun comes a riveting docu-thriller following controversial hedge fund titan Bill Ackman as he puts a billion dollars on the line in his crusade to expose Herbalife as the largest pyramid scheme in history. Herbalife claims Ackman is simply a market manipulator out to make a fortune from short-selling their stock, but Ackman insists Herbalife deliberately targets low-income and immigrant communities and robs them of their life savings. Herbalife is joined on the counterattack by longtime Ackman nemesis (and fellow Wall Street billionaire) Carl Icahn, while Ackman finds an unlikely ally in Chicago activist Julie Contreras, who rallies the Latino community to get the Federal government to intervene. Blending tales of high-stakes corporate intrigue with working-class people caught in the crossfire, Braun paints a stirring picture of the American Dream gone wrong.

Graderings en resensies

I thought this was pretty good and spot on about the industry. It's not representative of all of it, but unfortunately, most. There is a big private company company out there at the top of this industry that engages in many of these behaviors, and has a flawed system. I think companies like Herbalife and Vemma are only the beginning....I wish the movie had documented a variety of experiences instead of focusing on a few...and even documenting the presentations that Ahkman gave and what not. Still, well done movie.

Just "Meh." We thought it would be more compelling and convincing. Nothing too riveting. Seemed like they tried to persuade the audience with emotion and not facts. Not a total waste of time, but I wouldn't recommend going into it with high expectations.

it's a film that shows the reality of MLMs. It shows former distributors and their stories of how they lost their savings into nothing. Many invested in the herbalife nutrition clubs and lost everything because of the rules that you can't advertise and you can't put the clubs on visible commercial streets and stablishments. A very well documented film that everybody should watch.