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  • Maxed Out
  • Opened March 9, 2007 | Runtime:1 hr. 30 min.
  • NR
  • When Hurricane Katrina ravaged America's Gulf Coast, it laid bare an uncomfortable reality-America is not only far from the world's wealthiest nation; it is crumbling beneath a staggering burden of individual and government debt. Maxed Out takes us Read More
  • Director: James D. Scurlock
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Documentary

Maxed Out Critic Reviews

Go Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 80
    Washington Post | Ann Hornaday

    A riveting, amusing, enlightening and emotionally affecting movie by a guy...

  • 80
    Salon.com | Andrew O'Hehir

    Another strong journalistic-style film, this one exposes how unbelievably...

  • 80
    Variety | Joe Leydon

    Intelligent, informative and unusually entertaining documentary errs only when...

  • 80
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    Scurlock does well to counter the more dire aspects of the film with a...

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