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Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
“The game you know. The story you don't.”
6.9 / 10• 2023• 52m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
America’s favorite board game, Monopoly, is a love letter to unbridled capitalism and the impulses that make our free-market society tick. Contrary to the folksy legend spread by Parker Brothers, Monopoly’s origin involves a radical feminist and a community of Quakers in Atlantic City. If not for the determination of an economics professor and impassioned anti-monopolist, the real story behind the creation of the game might never have come to light.
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Stephen Ives's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
