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Playing with FIRE: The Documentary

  • 20192019
  • 1h 30m
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Playing with FIRE: The Documentary (2019)
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Playing with FIRE captures the truths and dispels the myths of the growing culture known as FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early.Playing with FIRE captures the truths and dispels the myths of the growing culture known as FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early.Playing with FIRE captures the truths and dispels the myths of the growing culture known as FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early.
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  • Director
    • Travis Shakespeare
  • Writer
    • Travis Shakespeare
  • Stars
    • Pete Adeney
    • Brad Barrett
    • J.L. Collins
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    • Travis Shakespeare
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    • Travis Shakespeare
  • Stars
    • Pete Adeney
    • Brad Barrett
    • J.L. Collins
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    Chris Hutchins
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    Jeremy Jacobson
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    Playing with FIRE captures the truths and dispels the myths of the growing culture known as FIRE: Financial Independence Retire Early.
    • financial independence
    • financial independence retire early
    • financial freedom
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      • How far would you go for financial freedom?
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    8/10
    Solid story of a couple
    This documentary follows the journey of a couple trying to achieve fire (financial independence, retire early) from nothing, while they upend their big-spending and relatively luxurious life to live a more simple life with hopes of saving up enough money to retire early. As someone that is aware of FIRE movement, I was a little worried that the documentary would focus more on the math and strategy of how to fire (which is a little boring to most people). It briefly touches on that, but the really interesting part is the psychological and emotional ramifications of switching from a high cost of living to low cost of living lifestyle, especially when maybe not everyone is 100% sold on the plan, and this documentary captured that very well. I'd recommend it to anyone.
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      • November 8, 2019 (United States)
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