Amazon's This Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy is as flawed as its bloated title

The Hollywood Reporter

The Adam McKay-produced, Kal Penn-hosted docuseries "unravels the complexities of the world's money systems, but can't seem to shake its glib and smug tone," says Robyn Bahr. "Everybody knows those dudes. Those alcohol-inflated tech or finance dudes who hang out at hotel rooftop bars — slightly dewy in their button-down shirts — and pontificate on topics you have some knowledge of, from reading The Atlantic or whatever, but no real expertise in. They're not jerks, and their information can be pretty interesting. But you also feel the need to step away after a while to give yourself a breather from all that bro-y energy. Amazon Studios' whizzbang docuseries This Giant Beast That Is the Global Economy is the equivalent of these well-meaning mansplainers." ALSO: This Giant Beast is "creative edutainment."