Generation Wealth

Generation Wealth

The American dream just keeps getting more expensive.

Directed by Lauren Greenfield

Produced by Evergreen Pictures, Amazon Studios

2018110 min6.5 / 10

A critical documentary examination of American consumer culture and wealth obsession that reveals the psychological and social costs of materialism across generations.

Over the past 25 years, Lauren Greenfield's documentary photography and film projects have explored youth culture, gender, body image, and affluence. Underscoring the ever-increasing gap between the haves and the have-nots, portraits reveal a focus on cultivating image over substance, where subjects unable to attain actual wealth instead settle for its trappings, no matter their ability to pay for it.

Questions people ask

  • Is Generation Wealth sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Generation Wealth end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Generation Wealth violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Generation Wealth easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Generation Wealth scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

43/ 100

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Rarity81

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Surprise15

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Love45

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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