Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006)
- 8.8
- 90 mins
- Documentary
Storyline
Filmmaker James D. Scurlock examines the outrageous practices that consumer-lending and credit-card companies use to rack up huge profits while bleeding customers dry. Interviews include a woman declared dead by the credit bureaus and two Minneapolis entrepreneurs who use debtors' personal information to humiliate them into paying up.
Plot Keywords
loan shark, real estate agent, telemarketer, student, mother, emotional, disheartening, amusing, frightening, las vegas, household, new orleans, river, debt, deception, death, government, disaster, class conflict, fall, wretched excess, 2000s
Short Review
Maxed Out demonstrates that when shady business dealings create a problem, our success-driven culture will provide a bevy of questionable solutions.
Trailer
Streaming Service
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