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2010 American film

Freakonomics
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Heidi Ewing Alex Gibney Seth Gordon Rachel Grady Eugene Jarecki Morgan Spurlock
Written by	Peter Bull Alex Gibney Jeremy Chilnick Morgan Spurlock Eugene Jarecki Heidi Ewing Rachel Grady Seth Gordon
Produced by	Chad Troutwine Chris Romano Dan O'Meara
Cinematography	Junji Aoki Derek Hallquist Tony Hardmon Darren Lew Daniel Marracino Ferne Pearlstein Rob VanAlkemade
Edited by	Douglas Blush Tova Goodman Sloane Klevin Luis Lopez Nelson Ryland Michael Taylor
Music by	Paul Brill Craig DeLeon Michael Furjanic Human Mike MacAllister Peter Nashel Jon Spurney Michael Wandmacher
Production companies	Chad Troutwine Films Cold Fusion Media Group Green Film Company Human Worldwide Jigsaw Productions Loki Films
Distributed by	Magnolia Pictures
Release dates	April 30, 2010 (2010-04-30) (Tribeca) November 2010 (2010-11) (United States)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.9 million
Box office	$103,735

Freakonomics: The Movie is a 2010 American documentary film based on the 2005 nonfiction book Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything written by economist Steven D. Levitt and writer Stephen J. Dubner. The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2010, and had a theatrical release later that year. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 66% based on reviews from 64 critics.

Segments

A Roshanda by Any Other Name: Directed by Morgan Spurlock, this segment investigates the possible implications of names in personal development and social advancement.
Pure Corruption: Directed by Alex Gibney, this segment explores the Japanese concept of yaochō (match fixing) in sumo wrestling.
It's Not Always a Wonderful Life: Narrated by Melvin Van Peebles and directed by Eugene Jarecki, this segment explores the question of what led to a decline in the urban crime rate in the US during the mid- to late-1990s. The authors of Freakonomics suggest that a substantial factor was the 1973 US Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade, which conferred the right to choose to have an abortion.
Can You Bribe a 9th Grader to Succeed?: Director and filmmaker Rachel Grady documented an experiment in Chicago Heights, Illinois, to determine the efficacy of paying students to achieve higher grades.

Rampell, Catherine (September 29, 2010). "Unusual Film Gets Innovative Marketing". The New York Times. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
Dubner, Stephen J. (April 5, 2010). "Just Weird Enough to Work? Freakonomics: The Movie Gets Distributor". The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2010.
"Freakonomics". Rotten Tomatoes. 2010.

v t e Films directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
The Boys of Baraka (2005) Jesus Camp (2006) Freakonomics (segment: "Can You Bribe a 9th Grader to Succeed?") (2010) 12th & Delaware (2010) Detropia (2012) Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016) One of Us (2017)
Ewing only	I Carry You with Me (2020)

v t e Alex Gibney
Film	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008) Freakonomics (2010) Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010) Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Magic Trip (2011) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) Park Avenue: Money, Power and the American Dream (2012) We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2012) The Armstrong Lie (2013) Finding Fela (2014) Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) Sinatra: All or Nothing at All (2015) Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) Zero Days (2016) No Stone Unturned (2017) The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley (2019) Citizen K (2019) Crazy, Not Insane (2020) Totally Under Control (2020) The Crime of the Century (2021) The Forever Prisoner (2021) Boom! Boom! The World vs. Boris Becker (2023) In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon (2023) Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos (2024)
Television	The Looming Tower (2018) Agents of Chaos (2020)

Film

Television

v t e Films directed by Seth Gordon
The King of Kong (2007) Four Christmases (2008) Freakonomics (2010) Horrible Bosses (2011) Identity Thief (2013) Baywatch (2017) Back in Action (2025)

v t e Eugene Jarecki
Films	Season of the Lifterbees (1993) Quest of the Carib Canoe (2000) The Opponent (2000) The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) Why We Fight (2006) Addiction (segment) (2007) Freakonomics (segment) (2010) Reagan (2011) The House I Live In (2012) The King (2017)
Related articles	Henry Jarecki (father) Andrew Jarecki (brother) Nicholas Jarecki (half-brother)

v t e Morgan Spurlock
Films	Super Size Me Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Freakonomics POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope Mansome One Direction: This Is Us Rats Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
Television	I Bet You Will 30 Days The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! A Day in the Life Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia Morgan Spurlock Inside Man
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