Five people, five different money problems, and one shared question: what would it actually take to get control of their finances? Get Smart With Money, a 2022 documentary directed by Stephanie Soechtig, follows that question through real households rather than spreadsheets.
What is Get Smart With Money about?
The film pairs a handful of people working through their own financial pressure points with a set of advisers who each bring a distinct philosophy to the table. Pete Adeney, known for his blunt take on aggressive saving and early retirement, sits alongside Tiffany Aliche and Lindsey Beeman, whose approaches lean more toward everyday budgeting habits and rebuilding a healthy relationship with spending. Rather than treating money advice as one-size-fits-all, the documentary lets the differences between these philosophies come through as the subjects try out strategies that fit their own circumstances, from cutting spending to changing how they think about saving day to day. The throughline is less about a single formula and more about the discomfort of confronting bad habits, and the small, unglamorous decisions that add up to something bigger over time.
About the cast
Pete Adeney brings the perspective he is best known for, built around cutting expenses hard and saving aggressively toward independence. Tiffany Aliche and Lindsey Beeman offer a more grounded, habit-focused counterpoint, working directly with the film's subjects on the everyday choices that shape a budget. Stephanie Soechtig directs with the same close, observational approach she has brought to earlier documentary work, keeping the camera on real conversations rather than staged financial theory.
Context & significance
Released in 2022, Get Smart With Money sits within a wave of personal-finance documentaries made for a streaming audience looking for practical guidance rather than market analysis or investing theory. Its ninety-two minute runtime keeps the focus tight, moving between the advisers and their subjects without wandering into unrelated economic commentary. The film's appeal is less about any single financial trick and more about watching ordinary financial anxiety get addressed step by step, which gives it a wider relevance than its short runtime might suggest.
Watching Get Smart With Money on Ktime
Get Smart With Money is available to stream on K-Time with a free account login, and no separate setup is needed. K-Time's Farsi-language interface makes it easy for Persian-speaking viewers to find and queue documentaries like this one alongside the rest of the platform's catalogue.