Freakonomics (1:33) 2010

I didn't read the book. Based on the movie segments, I most likely will put this on my summer reading list.  Freakonomics is a fun movie. It is divided into six fast moving segments. The segments contain a range of topics like: does the name you give your baby determine his/her success in life, is there corruption in sumo wrestling, and can a 9th grader be bribed with money to earn passing grades. The segments were written and directed by different documentary makers with interviews with economists Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner inter disbursed. Levitt shares a very entertaining story about using an incentive in toilet training his three year old daughter. This is an amusing, interesting, unusual look at the world of cause and effect. If you are in the mood for a light hearted, entertaining movie this certainly fits the bill.