A high-interest look at our collective debts

Maxed Out’s James Scurlock and Elizabeth Warren on NightLine

"Maxed Out," a film about the consumer debt crisis, might as well be ripped from the headlines, in light of last week’s stock market plunge (blamed in part on too many mortgages sold to high-risk home buyers). But here’s the man-bites-dog part: This factoid-filled, talking-heads documentary — by a business school graduate — turns out to be amusing. And enlightening. And positively riveting.