Thursday, July 19, 2007

The Super Size Me of Personal Finance

I just read a review of the DVD "Maxed Out" which is apparently being touted as a movie that does what "Super Size Me" did to fast food -- to debt. I'm not sure how exactly one would go about pulling this off, but until I can get a copy from Block Buster (review to follow later) all I have are Amazon reviews to tide me over. The Amazon review seem to be a mixed bag. Overall it seems like the movie is getting a positive review, but reviewers are claiming that it loses focus somewhere along the way by trying to do too much. I imagine it is difficult to make a feel good story about a family living paycheck to paycheck, even if they spent unwisely to get themselves in that position.