I'm no genius with money. It used to be that my eyes would gloss over when people started talking 401k, stocks, etc. But even I knew something smelled very fishy a few years ago, when my (Los Angeles area) lights went out for three hours during the summer. Rolling Black outs. I knew Gov. Davis' deals with "the powers that be" would end up sending us down the river into a bad financial situation. This documentary tells the tale of Enron's scandals of which the California energy crisis is just one.

But, I digress. No doubt you've heard of the Enron stock scandal. You've probably heard of the many Enron employees who where swindled out of their pensions. But somehow pop-news seemed to enjoy spending much more time talking about Martha Stewart. Well, finally, you can sit down for two hours with this interesting (despite a disheartening subject matter) documentary and learn just how it all happened and who was responsible. And you don't have to be a financial wizard to get the gist.

The film focuses on the three top players of the crime of the century: well-dressed, well-educated, con men. It's required viewing for anyone interested in investing, in retiring, or voting. That is... if you believe the writers/researchers of this production. Apparently, these con men where so good they fooled, legislators, analysts and contemporaries. So, why isn't it possible that such documentaries aren't fooling us?