Framing John DeLorean

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Iamwhoi M Why on earth anyone would purposely put the insufferable Alec Baldwin, speaking as himself, in a film about John DeLorean, I cannot fathom. I cannot tell you how much contempt I have for this idea. Do a documentary or do a TV movie of the week; but don't slap both of those together, to form a messy hodge podge like this! If good ole Alec had been left out, I would give it 4 stars. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/19/25 Full Review Tom C This film is incredible. What a innovative approach to documentary storytelling. The mashup of doc, high end scripted scenes, and behind the scenes verite with Alec and the other actors offers a great way to have this story unfold. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/24/24 Full Review Gareth v Could of done without the behind the scenes chat with the actors, but a solid doco that tries to convey what drove this man to do what he did. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/17/23 Full Review chris m I was disappointed. I expected nefarious goings on by government agencies on behalf of GM to nail the poor guy. While there was a dirt bag confidential informant and some actions that could be considered entrapment by federal investigators, no great shakes compared to the title. An overview of his life (business and personal) from Pontiac to the demise of the DMC was interesting. Interviews with his bitter, poverty striken, potty mouthed son could have been reduced. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review isla s I found this interesting in terms of the story, what happened to the company and the legal case etc. that followed, which I hadn't previously been aware of. However, I found the acted parts with Alec Baldwin portraying John DeLorean rather distracting and I didn't think it fully worked. I'd rather they use genuine library/archive footage and talking heads to discuss what happened - which, by the way, they do but the mix of that and acted scenes, reconstructions, jarred with me. I found it a bit hard to follow some of the aspects, the finer details of what happened and I wouldn't say its an especially engrossing or gripping watch but if your interested in the story, you do learn some things and also I did enjoy hearing from John's children. That aspect was insightful, how his kids reacted to what happened and their memories of things. This is a somewhat interesting documentary, which seems to be not 100% sure if it wants to be the TV documentary show it mainly is, or if it wants to somehow also be a more glitzy Hollwood drama film, which it isn't really. It doesn't really work entirely but its still ok, hence my rating. I wouldn't go out of your way to watch it though, unless your particularly keen on the subject as such. I'm still a bit unclear about quite how he was framed, frankly. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Gosto de documentários com protagonistas ambíguos e polêmicos, aqui a dúvida é visionário ou vigarista... Basicamente John comete dois grandes erros, ao fazer duas grandes escolhas de forma completamente equivocadas, aumentar a produção de veículos defeituosos e a principal, negociar com narcotraficantes, ainda que tenha sido vítima, ao cair como isca do informante e do FBI... Como o filho bem disse depois "para mim, é uma faca de dois gumes o tempo todo, à prova de que tinha sido armado estavam lá, mas o senso comum e a realidade me dizem que ele não era o idiota, que ele devia ter suspeitado que ia dar m****" Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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