Everyone Is Lying to You for Money
Directed by Ben McKenzie, Giorgio Angelini
With any and all things crypto being pushed by celebrities, influencers, and politicians alike, actor-turned-author and director Ben McKenzie decides to investigate. Leveraging his celebrity status to gain access to eager prospectors, McKenzie finds himself unraveling the loosely regulated world of cryptocurrency. This skeptical but evenhanded take on the present and future of what we consider money gives a… From TMDB
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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 21 critics' reviews are positive. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on six critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Owen Gleiberman of Variety wrote that the film is "a lively, knife-sharp, impeccably researched and reported documentary that answers every conceivable question you've ever had about crypto, and does so in a way that's brisk and funny and illuminating rather than intimidating."
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60 of 112 · most liked firstThe trailer for EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY. In select theaters starting April 17th 🍿🤑🤣
neutral · AI labelView post →Felon Trump raked in $1.4 billion in cryptocurrency income in 2025 alone. He rigs the system to keep the grift going. @benmckenzie.bsky.social on the dangers of crypto in his film, Everyone is Lying To You For Money. Watch the movie at www.everyoneislying.com/watch! youtu.be/LbZwOM96hfg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →In his new documentary, 'Everyone Is Lying to You For Money,' Ben McKenzie exposes cryptocurrency as a modern Ponzi scheme. But he's ready to move on.
neutral · AI labelView post →www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta... First Review of “Everyone Is Lying To You For Money” - Texas Monthly
neutral · AI labelView post →EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY is a fantastic documentary that chronicles the pitfalls of crypto and the downfall of the fraudsters in the industry, including FTX, Voyager, Genesis and Gemini. I wrote about their collapse. Everyone in the theater clapped at the end, @benmckenzie.bsky.social.
positive · AI labelView post →Went on @msnbc.com to talk crypto grift. Plus, a sneak peak of the film I directed, EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY playing @docnycfest.bsky.social this weekend!
neutral · AI labelView post →"Why the f*ck is the guy from 'The OC' doing a tougher interview on Sam Bankman-Fried than CNBC?" @mehdirhasan.bsky.social asks @benmckenzie.bsky.social about interviewing crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, from Ben's new documentary 'Everyone Is Lying to You for Money'. zeteo.com/p/ben-mckenz...
neutral · AI labelView post →Trump’s meme coin was a classic grift - yet the crypto industry keeps cozying up to him. "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" director @benmckenzie.bsky.social breaks down all things crypto on tomorrow’s pod.
neutral · AI labelView post →“It’s a multi-level marketing scheme.” Getting to know the boom and bust world of crypto with @benmckenzie.bsky.social, whose new doc “Everyone Is Lying To You For Money” explores the harsh truths of the industry. New pod out now!
neutral · AI labelView post →"Trump issues this meme coin...It’s completely worthless, and a million people bought into it thinking that they were somehow gonna get rich." @benmckenzie.bsky.social talks about his documentary, “Everyone Is Lying to You for Money," which examines the scammers & fraudsters behind cryptocurrency.
neutral · AI labelView post →It took Covid, some bad financial advice, and a pot edible to send actor @benmckenzie.bsky.social down the cryptocurrency rabbit hole. What he found turned into a bestselling book and a documentary called “Everyone Is Lying to You for Money.” 🎧 Listen: apple.co/4gAh0cD
neutral · AI labelView post →@benmckenzie.bsky.social I just spent the bulk of my Saturday afternoon watching the amazing documentary, "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money." You must see this film. One of the great documentaries I've ever seen. Thank you, Ben, for all of this hard work! Click the link below and see it NOW...
positive · AI labelView post →“We all know how hard it is to get butts in seats these days. I console myself with the fact that if we can somehow manage not to lose $50 million, ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money’ will be more profitable than ‘Melania,’” 😂— @benmckenzie.bsky.social variety.com/2026/film/ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨Tickets are now on sale for the first public screenings of EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY 🚨https://www.ifccenter.com/films/everyone-is-lying-to-you-for-money/
neutral · AI labelView post →Join me + actor/author/crypto skeptic Ben McKenzie (@benmckenzie.bsky.social) next week for WIRED's first WIRED@NIGHT live event. We'll talk about his doc "Everyone is Lying to You for Money," crypto, scams...and whether crypto is a scam? 4/16, 6pm, Brooklyn, tickets: events.wired.com/at-night/home
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨New episode out on YouTube!🚨 Jon and @benmckenzie.bsky.social, director of "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" discuss ⬇️: >> “Welcome to Crypto, B*tch!” >> Cryptocurrency - The Bad & The Bad >> Ominously Anonymous Transactions? >> TDS vs. TDS youtube.com/watch?v=3fhLpauSInk&feature=youtu.be
neutral · AI labelView post →Attention folks in the DC area!Tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12, I will be hosting a screening of EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY at the Capitol Visitor Center, SVC 210-200. Film starts @ 6:30pm ET, with a Q&A @ 8:00pm ET. REGISTER HERE docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
neutral · AI labelView post →I watched Everyone Is Lying to You for Money and while I have my quibbles... the movie is good actually.
positive · AI labelView post →Still time to catch tonight's live stream of Everyone is Lying to You for Money with @benmckenzie.bsky.social www.everyoneislying.com/watch
neutral · AI labelView post →"He's the most corrupt president in U.S. history...and it's not even close." "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money" director @benmckenzie.bsky.social assesses President Trump's crypto ventures—and the profits he has reportedly made off of them since returning to office.
neutral · AI labelView post →On Lawfare Daily, @michael-feinberg.bsky.social was joined by @benmckenzie.bsky.social, writer and director of the new documentary, “Everyone Is Lying to You for Money,” to discuss his deep dive into the cryptocurrency industry. youtu.be/dxmsXtlxlg4
neutral · AI labelView post →“One of the most heartbreaking things to me about crypto is that these get-rich-quick schemes often prey on our best selves. They prey on the part of us that’s trying to provide for others," @benmckenzie.bsky.social told Playboy. Here's why he made the doc "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money":
neutral · AI labelView post →watching Everyone Is Lying to You For Money tonight and I am absolutely tickled with how perfectly cunty @benmckenzie.bsky.social is, particularly in the SBF interview scene 💀
positive · AI labelView post →@benmckenzie.bsky.social 's 'Everyone is Lying to You for Money' is screening at the US Capitol tomorrow (5/12). Every Senator and staffer on the Banking Committee should be forced to watch it before they vote the crypto bill Thursday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEXx...
neutral · AI labelView post →The doc “Everyone Is Lying to You for Money” that just **crushes** the crypto scam economy is hilarious, educational, and excellent.
positive · AI labelView post →Got to see @benmckenzie.bsky.social's new documentary EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY tonight. Very good film, with some fun and clever touches that never loses sight of the real hurt scammers in the crypto world 0are doing to people. Highly recommend. The Q&A after with Adam Brody was insightful
positive · AI labelView post →Criss-cross!! Saw two movies today, old & new. “Strangers on a Train” and “Everyone is Lying To You For Money.” So, it’s been a pretty great day I’d say.
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyone Is Lying To You For Money applies every single part of society, industry and politics since the NFT craze, but also I cannot wait to see this movie finally talk about the pyramid scheme that is crypto and the 'billionaires' pushing it so they can take your real money for their fake bitcoin.
positive · AI labelView post →Cryptocurrency is basically a scam in techno-libertarian clothes. If you sat and watched in amazement as the world went made for NFTs of pictures of apes in 2021, this film 'Everyone is Lying to You for Money' may interest you.
neutral · AI labelView post →Had the privilege of seeing 'Everyone Is Lying to You for Money' at its US premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival yesterday, and the honor of speaking with director @benmckenzie.bsky.social after the screening. You need to see this incredible documentary! letterboxd.com/unequalized/...
positive · AI labelView post →Just saw the documentary "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money" from @benmckenzie.bsky.social and as someone who has (unfortunately) published academic articles, given courses, researched and worked on the 'technical' side of blockchain, the documentary is on point. I highly recommend it.
unlabelledView post →For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM Watch or (Rewatch) the film "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" (2025) - Directed by Ben McKenzie www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZR7...
unlabelledView post →Today over at @moviejawn.com, I reviewed Ben McKenzie’s scathing crypto exposé Everyone Is Lying to You for Money. www.moviejawn.com/home/2026/4/...
unlabelledView post →See Ben McKenzie's anti-crypto documentary, Everyone Is Lying To You For Money, here: www.everyoneislying.com/watch
unlabelledView post →If you're in or near NY, head over to @docnycfest.bsky.social and check out "Everyone is Lying to You For Money" from @benmckenzie.bsky.social Funny and dark at the same time, it's a great skeptical look into Cryptocurrency nonsense! www.docnyc.net/film/everyon...
unlabelledView post →Been looking forward to watching “Everyone Is Lying to You For Money” for a hot minute, nice to see it’s landing online soon!
unlabelledView post →So I never watched the OC and had no idea who Ben McKenzie is when I saw the trailer for “EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY” but what a fucking extraordinary career, whee
unlabelledView post →i really enjoyed the showing of Everyone is Lying to You for Money i was able to go to even if i think it could've been even meaner and i'm always curious about indie movie distro -- seems like streaming outside of the streamer ecosystem is getting more and more popular.
unlabelledView post →My first impression of crypto was a literal emergency. Caught Ben McKenzie’s doc EVERYONE IS LYING TO YOU FOR MONEY tonight & shared that story, as well as my thoughts on Letterboxd: boxd.it/gl0pyp
unlabelledView post →This Ben McKenzie film "Everyone Is Lying To You For Money" really is spectacularly timed. You can stream it from their website next month !
unlabelledView post →Ahead of a traditional VOD release, “Everyone is Lying to You for Money” will become available to stream through a collaboration with Eventive. From this point on, ticketholders will be able to watch the film and Q&A any time through September 6!
unlabelledView post →A joy seeing @benmckenzie.bsky.social discuss his excellent crypto documentary, Everyone Is Lying To You For Money. Because they are. (Also got my The O.C. oral history book by @sepinwall.bsky.social signed and met the guy who first inspired me to get into TV writing — thanks, Josh Schwartz.)
unlabelledView post →Heads up, cool people with library cards, @benmckenzie.bsky.social’s documentary on crypto, Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, is on Kanopy.
unlabelledView post →Hunter Biden running a crypto meme coin pump and dump scheme is pretty depressing. A good way to cheer up from the new would be to watch "Everyone is Lying to You for Money" from @benmckenzie.bsky.social on Amazon Prime www.nytimes.com/2026/09/09/u...
unlabelledView post →Atlanta! Are you looking for ways to fight back against the tech oligarchs supporting fascism? We're having a free screening of the crypto documentary "Everyone Is Lying to You for Money" followed by a panel of organizers talking about tactics to fight back. 9/8, 7:15pm @plazaatlanta.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Ben McKenzie (The OC, Gotham) using his economics and foreign relations degree, his fame, his money to educate people on, and go after cryptocurrency and fraud is awesome - highly recommend his movie, Everyone is Lying to You for Money.
unlabelledView post →Y’all. It’s Friday night. I’m watching the documentary Everyone Is Lying To You For Money. How old am I lol
unlabelledView post →Recommendation for Canadians wanting something to watch this weekend: "Everyone is Lying to You for Money" on CBC Gem. Interesting and funny. And there is Kevin O'Leary bashing, which is always a bonus. #cdnpoli #CBC
unlabelledView post →Day 2 of my NYC vacation. Went shopping for game/anime stuff but the big event was a early showing of the film Everyone Is Lying to You for Money. Ben McKenzie was there and did a Q&A. Great movie and great time all around.
unlabelledView post →Laying in bed, like a lazy bum, watching documentaries. This is my perfect Saturday. First was Everyone is Lying to You For Money, excellent! Next up, Funny Money :The Dane Cook Story.
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unlabelledView post →is she in both MUSK and Everyone Is Lying To You For Money?
unlabelledView post →#NowWatching Everyone Is Lying to You for Money - First Viewing
unlabelledView post →Just noticed that CBC is running Ben McKenzie's doc, Everyone Is Lying To You For Money, this evening at 8pm (Toronto). It's from 2025 and about #cryptocurrency. #BenMcKenzie
unlabelledView post →Just watched Everyone Is Lying To You For Money on Kanopy. The most striking scenes were congressional hearings and what a sham they are. Crypto is a scam and the people who should protect you are part of the scam. #movies
unlabelledView post →Today's inflight viewing: @benmckenzie.bsky.social's Everyone Is Lying To You For Money. Highly amusing, especially (speaking as a regular Web Summit panel moderator) being reminded of what prominent placement crypto bros have gotten at tech events like that conference.
unlabelledView post →Just got around to watching @benmckenzie.bsky.social's "Everyone is Lying to You for Money". Totally worth your while. (And why was I not surprised to see Kevin O'Leary so prominent in the shitshow?)
unlabelledView post →We just watched Everyone Is Lying To You For Money via CBC Gems. It is available to watch now in Canada and is a *must see* The 99.99% are desperate for a story that promises the life that they want. Crypto provides that story and it is a lie. This film delves into the story of that lie.
unlabelledView post →Crypto may create questionable ponzi scheme like wealth, but the political power it buys is very real. Two crypto billionaires have just given Reform UK £72m. After watching Ben McKenzie’s Everyone Is Lying to You for Money, that should concern all of us. watch.amazon.co.uk/detail?gti=a...
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