Netflix has released a documentary on how to save money called Get Smart With Money. The 93 minutes documentary film features several financial advisers who will share tips and measures on how to manage finances better. The documentary is directed by Stephanie Soechtig.
The synopsis reads, “Financial advisers share their simple tips on spending less and saving more with people looking to take control of their funds and achieve their goals.”
Netflix’s Get Smart With Money Review Contains No Spoilers
In Netflix documentary Get Smart With Money, we meet 4 different financial advisors. They are – Paula Pant (founder of AffordAnything), Ro$$ Mac, Get Good With Money Author Tiffany Aliche and Mr Money Mustache. All these financial advisors have found a way to save lots of money, retire early and live an economically secure life.
Every advisor is assigned one person who will receive guidance. These advisors will help their assigned clients manage their bank accounts better, not spend on unnecessary things, and explain to them what they have been doing wrong and how it can be fixed and make their life stress-free in the years to come.
The clients featured in Get Smart With Money on Netflix vary from someone working for 50 hours to someone who had once gotten lots of money but failed to manage it well. The documentary aims to help not only these 4 individuals but also viewers who struggle to save money.
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There’s also a small family with a kid as one of the clients. So anyone worrying about how to bring up a child when there’s money but no control over spending in an expensive country like the US, the advice given by their financial expert will prove helpful. A lot of people have gone broke because of their overspending nature. Whoever deals with such a situation has a hard time building life again. One of the advisors even has a name for it – Post Traumatic Broke Syndrome.
The documentary film is quite precise, making it easy to understand. It never appears exaggerating or dramatic in its approach. Netflix describes the title as feel-good, which is quite apt. It all depends on the viewers if they want to implement the changes after watching the documentary or not.
Get Smart With Money Review: Final Thoughts
Overall, the documentary is Netflix’s small guide to help people with finances and a fat bank account balance when they retire. It’s very subjective. The docufilm will be helpful to people who are in similar situations as these four clients. It doesn’t go deep into the different lifestyles and severe monetary struggles. The advisors seem honest with their advice. But the setting (clients) is already selected for Netflix. So one wonders if their advice will actually help all kinds of viewers or not.
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Watched it and loved it! It shows things from different situations and just identifying which situation is most like you and applying a few tips can lead to big changes.
Anything that helps you have more time to do what you want, when you want, where you want, how you want and with whom you want, is a good thing ????
All of these show people who are young and can earn more money in the future. What about those of us who are older, such as over 50 and have worked our asses off our whole life and have nothing to show for it!? What about those of us who are over 50 and still have $120,000 in student loans and 30,000 in debt and have no house, just rent and can’t afford even the rent? How can I retire when I can’t cut any thing out of my budget? I already eat at home. I have no additional expenses. I rent the cheapest car possible? I have health issues and cannot work 40-hour week, and have no health insurance and no 401k. No retirement etc? Where are these guys to help with people like me? Who can’t earn that much money in the future who can’t change our careers or our eating habits or are spending habits which is basically nothing for me?
Watched it- enjoyed it! It was motivating and I appreciated the different lifestyle examples shown.
Checkout Mr. Money Mustache’s blog. It’s all free and even directed at folks like you. He has a big following and you can post in the community board like this for free. Lots of smart people will respond. Best of luck.