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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 The Times (UK) 10/31/2023
4/5
... 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. Go to Full Review
Hugo Rifkind The Times (UK) 10/30/2023
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. Go to Full Review
Anita Singh Daily Telegraph (UK) 10/25/2023
4/5
It’s an absorbing blend of comedy and tragedy. Go to Full Review
James Croot The Post NZ 10/14/2024
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. Go to Full Review
Courtney Small Exclaim! 11/18/2023
Milli Vanilli offers a cautionary tale that recontextualizes a band that few really knew. Go to Full Review
Ineye Komonibo Refinery29 11/10/2023
Milli and Vanilli’s story is outrageous and tragic, but it’s not singular. Go to Full Review
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Monique R Sep 21 I am glad the truth has eventually come out. It is an embarrassment how Rob and Fab were treated. See more Garry A @heavyg Apr 16 This was good. It's a more authentic, sympathetic take on their story. See more Dean Burrito O 07/01/2024 Just a good ole bromance about hanging out with ya bestie and things get a little carried away. See more J S 05/16/2024 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. See more Donnie S 11/25/2023 Fantastic documentary. Beautifully told and shot. It sucks that a lot of these stories end this way. See more Ron B @nickhalen 11/23/2023 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. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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, MTV Networks, Keep On Running Pictures, Fulwell 73
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 24, 2023
Runtime
1h 46m
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