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Milli Vanilli

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The bizarre untold truth behind the greatest con in music history -- Milli Vanilli.
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With clarity and compassion, Milli Vanilli reframes one of pop's most infamous scandals as a sobering cautionary tale.

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Carol Midgley Times (UK) ... The documentary suffers slightly from the absence of Farian, who declined to be interviewed. Still, it’s an enlightening 106 minutes about how the pop industry can work. Rated: 4/5 Oct 31, 2023 Full Review Hugo Rifkind Times (UK) Overall, the message here is one of a cruel hypocritical industry, which is entirely fair. What is lacking, perhaps, is a secondary message that perhaps pop music has subsequently learned that singing isn’t everything. Oct 30, 2023 Full Review Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) It’s an absorbing blend of comedy and tragedy. Rated: 4/5 Oct 25, 2023 Full Review James Croot Stuff.co.nz Essentially, it’s the ultimate VH1 Behind the Music story and director Luke Korem certainly makes full use of archival footage and new interviews to take viewers on an emotional rollercoaster of a ride. Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Courtney Small Exclaim! Milli Vanilli offers a cautionary tale that recontextualizes a band that few really knew. Nov 18, 2023 Full Review Ineye Komonibo Refinery29 Milli and Vanilli’s story is outrageous and tragic, but it’s not singular. Nov 10, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dean Burrito O Just a good ole bromance about hanging out with ya bestie and things get a little carried away. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/02/24 Full Review J S Unfortunately for people my age (a geriatric millennial) or older, there is not much new info to be gleaned from the documentary. It is mostly a rehash of "Behind the Music" including using all the same old music critics (I guess it's nice to see where they are now, too..). There could have been some interesting discussions to be had regarding how now pretty much every musician lip syncs at least when performing live (what first got them in trouble: "girl you know its girl you know its girl you know its.." ) and also the rise of autotune etc, and so in this respect people were too harsh on them, but that is barely touched on. I understand the reason behind that is to make the producer (who is a bad person) look more monstrous and not simply someone banal and slightly ahead of his time, and fair enough, but again, the result is an angle that we've already seen on VH1 years ago. (speaking of, I did not like how the music critics acted like Boney M was successful in America.. that's quite disingenuous. I think their only song to at all make the charts [and quite low] in the US was Sunny, and the only reason we know about Rasputin is because it became a meme on youtube.. which they completely ignore and act like everyone Worldwide knew of it at the time, when really it was only a hit in Europe, maybe even only Eastern Europe..) On top of that, what would have really been interesting would have been to see Fab actually learn how to sing and generally improve his life.. again, it's touched on, but very briefly. Actually following him learning to sing in real time would have been a much more compelling documentary. As such, the end where you get to see him actually singing the Milli Vanilli song incredibly well is very inspiring and a great twist ending, but as a whole the documentary would have been even better if this "redemption" and self improvement was more the focus, rather than tacked on to Behind the Music 2.0. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 05/16/24 Full Review Donnie S Fantastic documentary. Beautifully told and shot. It sucks that a lot of these stories end this way. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/25/23 Full Review Ron B It's a fantastic documentary. What they did to those guys was absolutely terrible. How anyone can do that to another person is beyond comprehension. Fab is a great guy that really has been able to over come a lot. If you grew up around this time frame you will appreciate the depth with which they cover this story. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/23/23 Full Review Sean M Incredible doco about a story I thought I knew. It really creates empathy for the pair, who above anything else, just wanted to make it. Yes, they were talented but made a pact with the devil. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/20/23 Full Review G E A must see documentary. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The bizarre untold truth behind the greatest con in music history -- Milli Vanilli.
Director
Luke Korem
Producer
Luke Korem, Bradley Jackson
Distributor
Paramount+
Production Co
MRC, Keep On Running Pictures, MTV Networks, Fulwell 73
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 24, 2023
Runtime
1h 46m
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