God Forbid: The Sex Scandal that Brought Down a Dynasty

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God Forbid: The Sex Scandal that Brought Down a Dynasty

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2022

1h 49m

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In this revealing documentary, Giancarlo Granda, former pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Hotel, shares the intimate details of his 7-year relationship with a charming older woman, Becki Falwell, and her husband, the Evangelical Trump stalwart Jerry Falwell Jr. Directed by Billy Corben, GOD FORBID: THE SEX SCANDAL THAT BROUGHT DOWN A DYNASTY outlines Granda's entanglement with the Falwell's seemingly perfect lives and the overarching influence this affair had on a presidential election.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

God Forbid uses a neon potpourri of slick visuals, quick cuts, clever re-creation techniques, archival footage and sit-down interviews to tell the incredible but true story.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 2, 2022

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Brian Lowry

CNN.com

God Forbid also earns points for not overplaying its hand, telling the story in a relatively concise package while still connecting the central scandal to the political tides with which it became inextricably linked.

Nov 1, 2022

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Calum Marsh

New York Times

While Falwell Jr. may indeed be a charlatan, ridiculing his sexual predilections seems like a pretty dubious way to prove it.

Nov 1, 2022

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

It’s like Wall Street meets The Eyes of Tammy Faye.

Nov 10, 2022

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John Sooja

Common Sense Media

This docu is terrifying, compelling, and revealing.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 9, 2022

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

Valuable when it’s concentrating on this wild story, but less compelling when it tries to draw larger lessons about What America is Today.

Rated: 3.5/5

Nov 8, 2022

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Audience Member

Oh, so you thought The Righteous Gemstones was a little bit over the top? This is well done and damning. Christian Nationalism takes one in the cajonies her as we see in great detail the sickness passed down from father to Junior. The fact that most of the dissenters among the audience reviewers want to only talk about the loud music is quite telling. “Let’s ignore all that other stuff because we have no idea how to even discuss it without sounding hypocritical. Let’s focus on the loud music instead.”

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/06/24

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Chris E

Can’t hear people talking due to constant background music. Unwatchable

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/24/24

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Joe V

One of the best documentaries you'll ever see! The Falwell hypocrisy and sordid history comes barfing out of the screen. When you're done with this, watch "The Righteous Gemstones " on HBO.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/08/24

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Geir F

The music was very annoying throughout the documentary. We gave up watching due to horrible music playing too laud and at the wrong moments. Shame, looks like an interesting case.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Gareth v

A doco that does a fine job of not only exposing the hypocisy of the Falwells, but that of them endorsing Donald Trump and the knavish nature of Liberty University

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/07/24

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Pete B

The story is almost unbelievable that it actually happened but the doc didn't match the moment! What in the world were they trying to do with the music? And the actor portrayals were garbage! Interesting story and overall message of Christian hypocrisy in the US, but disappointing production.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Synopsis

In this revealing documentary, Giancarlo Granda, former pool attendant at the Fontainebleau Hotel, shares the intimate details of his 7-year relationship with a charming older woman, Becki Falwell, and her husband, the Evangelical Trump stalwart Jerry Falwell Jr. Directed by Billy Corben, GOD FORBID: THE SEX SCANDAL THAT BROUGHT DOWN A DYNASTY outlines Granda's entanglement with the Falwell's seemingly perfect lives and the overarching influence this affair had on a presidential election.

Director: Billy Corben
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 1, 2022
Runtime: 1h 49m

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