MoviePass, MovieCrash

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MoviePass, MovieCrash

2024

1h 36m

Documentary

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88%

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24 Reviews

78%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

In a span of eight years, MoviePass went from being the fastest growing subscription service since Spotify to total bankruptcy, losing over $150 million in 2017 alone. MOVIEPASS, MOVIECRASH chronicles the company’s beginnings as an innovative movie ticketing model beloved by cinema goers, exploring the visionary mission of its entrepreneur co-founders, its impressive early successes, and its precipitous downfall caused by mismanagement and corporate greed.

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MoviePass, MovieCrash cleverly unpacks the service's collapse, blending a gripping history with sharp commentary on racial inequality in business.

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John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

05/31/2024

The directorial choice is to use animation in many instances, just to break up the interviews and archival footage... which is amusing enough. But what it all amounts to is a story of arrogance, strategic misrepresentation, and/or a massive scam.

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Alissa Wilkinson

New York Times

05/31/2024

Streaming services are loaded with documentaries about scammy internet-era companies, but “MoviePass, MovieCrash” finds the barely told story in all the juicy facts.

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Clint Worthington

RogerEbert.com

05/31/2024

2.5/4

If there's a flaw to "MoviePass, MovieCrash," it's that these elements hardly elevate it beyond the boilerplate documentary structure formulas.

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M.N. Miller

InSession Film

06/09/2024

B-

MoviePass, MovieCrash provides a thorough and entertaining coverage of the fraud, offering a nostalgic, enlightening, and frustrating trip down memory lane.

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Stephen Silver

Living Life Fearless

06/07/2024

3/5

Tells a particular story about MoviePass, which has some truth to it, but overall, it probably isn’t quite as clean and neat as the documentary makes it sound.

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

06/06/2024

The documentary looks at the co-founders' idealistic mission through rose-colored glasses, balancing out their big dreams with the harsh reality of business dynamics. It's more fun to get the audience riled up and ready to boo and hiss at Lowe, though.

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Kyle M

@RT77296778 08/03/2024

MoviePass never came to mind besides a brief word-of-mouth amidst its final limitations stemming lesser interest, distant from its heyday whilst curiosity piques over the risen then fallen brief phenomenon. This passionately-lined documentary fascinates with answers, as well engages over the unexpected criminal aspect after decently though minimally clarify the business portioned stakes, stirring own critical questions then unveiling structurally financial flaws. (B+)

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Megan e

@RT58906942 07/11/2024

This is a really good documentary that shows the actual origins of Moviepass and how a great idea crashed due to corporate greed. Definitely worth watching! 5 stars

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Liam M

@liamdude5 06/16/2024

Would've been better as a half hour YouTube video.

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Keizi C

@RT07826418 06/10/2024

Straight forward, short and simple. Was very intrigued to know what happened and I’m glad I clicked play on this. Now I despise two people and know what that card was that my mother would pull out at the movies.

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Tristan C

@RT75770054 06/09/2024

A very well made and perfectly presented documentary. Kept my interest from start to finish and the way movie clips were used throughout was very well done.

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Yvette Z

@RT28874897 06/05/2024

Such a well made documentary. Informative, shocking, fascinating characters, social commentary and surprisingly emotional. What the original founders of Moviepass had to go through - so great this doc shed light on their hero's journey. Very inspiring and satisfying ending too.

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In a span of eight years, MoviePass went from being the fastest growing subscription service since Spotify to total bankruptcy, losing over $150 million in 2017 alone. MOVIEPASS, MOVIECRASH chronicles the company’s beginnings as an innovative movie ticketing model beloved by cinema goers, exploring the visionary mission of its entrepreneur co-founders, its impressive early successes, and its precipitous downfall caused by mismanagement and corporate greed.

Director: Muta'Ali Muhammad
Producer: Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson, Archie Gips, Jack Heller, Scott Veltri, Jevon Frank, David Wendell
Distributor: Max
Production Co: Tower Way, Unrealistic Ideas, Business Insider, Assemble Media
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 29, 2024
Runtime: 1h 36m