The good:
- It is well edited. Especially the intro I found.
- It has a few good, but general advice like only spend money on what you need and try making your interest or what you are good at your job and maximise your earnings that way, focus on cutting costs on the big thing first like housing and invest on a regular basis on an index fund (the last one is a great advice IMO. I generally use ETF's in a world based index with a low monthly fee).
The bad:
- One adviser recommends doing side hustles and gig work. Surely this point must be sponsored by big business. Maybe you could in the short term work extra to pay of dept, but it should not be a long term plan. Also if your regular work pays better than gig work then do more hours if possibly at your regular job.
- The documentary seems very setup and controlled. I wouldn't be surprised if many were paid actors and a lot of the footage was reshot many times to make a polished and visually nice looking documentary.
- A lot of emotional fluff. I am not American so I am not used to all these emotional segments in TV shows and documentaries.
My recommendation:
Not a must see, but if you do watch it do it so sped up 1,5x and be ready to use the skip 10 seconds button. Especially during the emotional fluff bits.