Chasing Madoff

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Ricky D @RT89406308 Apr 21 Could have been a great documentary, but it fabricated a false narrative about the daring of a whistleblower instead on the magnitude of the conspiracy. Markopolos is both the writer and hero of the story while constantly draping himself in false self-deprecation. “I’m not a hero,” he says many times, although he mugs for the camera at the congressional hearing and accepts the award for his tenacious pursuit to expose the truth. It got tiring hearing about his fear for his life, a subject for which no evidence was presented. Moreover, we never learned why the WSJ never published his story…or what support there was for a higher level of conspiracy. The documentary showed graphics of the many tentacles implying (or proving?) a conspiracy, but no names or organizations were directly implicated. I give this a one-star for writing and direction, three because of the subject matter. That being said, I’m obsessed with the Madoff scandal and, if you are too, it’s worth stomaching Markopolos self-aggrandizement to learn more about the story. See more 06/29/2017 A bit repetitive in order to reach it's length, but a powerful indictment of our watchdog agencies. See more 04/02/2016 Will not bore you with boring finance talk but also sheds little light in how Madoff pulled it off. Harry Marcopolos' frustration over not being believed is understandable. His fear of car bombs and assassination attempts seems paranoid, the film shows no evidence anyone was even aware he was a man on a mission. See more 10/16/2014 this is quite remarkable, the fact that this guy stole so much and conned so many people who knew banking incredible. See more 08/17/2014 A nervously gripping documentary. Some of the negative comments from other critics duly point out that the film does not entirely focus on Bernie Madoff, this ignores the fact - which should be obvious from the title - that the film is supposed to be focused on the whistleblowers and their story, in particular, chief whistleblower Harry Markopolos, who felt his decade long pursuit of Madoff put his and his family's lives in constant jeopardy. That the SEC could consistently ignore the well substantiated claims made by Markolopolos and colleagues, not to mention the mere handful of prosecutions that came about, absolutely beggars belief. See more 08/16/2014 It's a fascinating story that could have been better told if Markopolos had not narrated the story himself. It's okay that they made him the central character but it would have been a better documentary if more had been told about Madoff and the individual feeder funds, as well as the miserable failures working at the SEC. There really should be more investigations carried out on the SEC and the criminals that surrounded Madoff. I finished the film having a lot of empathy for Markopolos, he's clearly suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (for obvious reasons), he had been through so much. See more Read all reviews

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