Generation Wealth
Lauren Greenfield’s incisive but sprawling documentary surveys the human costs of conspicuous wealth, celebrity aspiration, and consumer culture.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- bleak
- provocative
- sardonic
- thoughtful viewing
- social issues discussion
What critics said
Critics broadly admired the documentary’s visual insight and ambitious critique of affluence but found its darting structure insufficiently focused.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film moves between individual subjects, celebrity culture, debt, beauty pageants, and macro-level critiques of wealth and capitalism.
Lauren Greenfield’s photographic approach foregrounds affluent lifestyles, conspicuous consumption, celebrity imagery, and beauty culture.
Interviews and case studies connect material success, fame, beauty, and self-presentation to individual identity and social aspiration.
The documentary explicitly investigates capitalism, materialism, consumerism, inequality, and the pathologies of an extraordinarily wealthy society.
Films like Generation Wealth, and why
The Queen of Versailles
shared documentary examination of consumerism, wealth inequality, and American capitalism
The Corporation
shared critique of corporate power, material excess, and late-stage capitalism
The Wolf of Wall Street
shared portrait of status anxiety, luxury culture, and corrosive ambition
Movie Details
- Director
- Lauren Greenfield
- Release Date
- 2018-07-20
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (108)
Cast
- Lauren Greenfield
- Florian Homm
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Kim Kardashian
- Kylie Jenner
- Eden Wood
- Jacqueline Siegel
- Tiffany Masters
- Paris Cronin
- Mijanou
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Generation Wealth about?
- Lauren Greenfield’s incisive but sprawling documentary surveys the human costs of conspicuous wealth, celebrity aspiration, and consumer culture.
- What is Generation Wealth like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Generation Wealth as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Generation Wealth violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Generation Wealth.
- What did critics think of Generation Wealth?
- Critics broadly admired the documentary’s visual insight and ambitious critique of affluence but found its darting structure insufficiently focused.
- Which films are like Generation Wealth?
- Films with a similar feel include The Queen of Versailles, The Corporation, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
- How long is Generation Wealth?
- Generation Wealth runs 110 minutes.
- Where can I watch Generation Wealth?
- In United States, Generation Wealth streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads.
