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The Truth About Jussie Smollett?

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From RAW, the producers of Don’t F**k with Cats and Tinder Swindler, comes The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, a shocking true story of an allegedly fake story that some now say might just be a true story. Featuring interviews with police, lawyers, journalists, investigators who claim to have uncovered new evidence about the case, and with Jussie himself, this compelling documentary invites the audience to decide for themselves who is telling The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
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Hannah J Davies Guardian Really, a programme like this has no business taking the moral high ground at all. Rated: 2/5 Aug 22, 2025 Full Review Ed Power Daily Telegraph (UK) The evidence is inconclusive, and by the final credits we’re back where we started – confused about Smollett’s guilt or innocence, but aware that somebody on camera has to be lying through their teeth. Rated: 3/5 Aug 22, 2025 Full Review Daniel D'Addario Variety [The documentary] gathers plenty of raw reporting, but assembles it into a story only as best it can, ultimately undone by the challenges its particular story presents. Aug 20, 2025 Full Review Brooke Obie Black Girl Watching Missing surveillance footage winds up like a Rorschach test for the audience, and still shows how Smollett could’ve been telling the truth the whole time. Journalism is the real winner of this doc, and I hope we see more of it. Sep 6, 2025 Full Review Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media The Truth About Jussie Smollett? has a great case as its subject. But it also has many flaws. Rated: 3/5 Sep 5, 2025 Full Review John Stark Mac the Movie Guy In a court case where nothing was black or white, and everything was trapped in a gray area being funneled through social media,The Truth About Jussie Smollett just seems to want to educate you a bit more. Rated: 82/100 Aug 29, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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alex m this guy is trying to say he is innocent. give me a break. guy should be in jail for staging a hate crime hoax Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review Devinnheather M Terrible Documentary. Trying to make a guilty man look innocent. Definitely wasted an hour and a half of my life. Thanks Netflix. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/25 Full Review Jess S The attempts to muddy the water about Smollett's culpability fail miserably and are abject speculative falsifications. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/04/25 Full Review craig p This story with the counter investigation from the woman from England and the other pro defendant was ridiculous! They wanted it to seem as it was the Chicago Police conspiring against Jussie Smollet! There is a sound proof of that. Not to mention I live in Chicago and there are zero MAGA Militia creeping around Chicago, and also no sane person goes outside during a polar vortex at 2 AM, not even gang bangers! The alternative the documentary tried to spin was so weak, it was a far reach & aggravating to anyone who knew all the presented facts and lives in Chicago. One thing that was not brought up was Michelle Obama’s involvement with the Chicago State’s attorney Kim Foxx, supposedly Michelle Obama reached out to the corrupt State’s attorney on behalf of Mr Smollet and that was why the original case was dismissed. Instead they brought in an English case worker who has had zero information on the ever changing Chicago Judicial system. Not to mention the crack down in Chicago’s Police Department for at least the last decade, they would have never pulled off a cover up like she proposed! Too far fetched. Like a lying teenager made up the last part of the documentary. This documentary was completely irresponsible in whatever it tried to accomplish, SMH! Awful, like reading the National Enquirer Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/03/25 Full Review Steve W what a wildly irresponsible documentary. glad to see it isn’t fooling many Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 09/03/25 Full Review Sergio A It’s entertaining, but it’s clear that the production lost its objectivity by trying to please, especially Jussie, in order to secure an interview, having done the same previously with the other characters. This undermines the impartial approach expected from a documentary of this kind. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 09/03/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis From RAW, the producers of Don’t F**k with Cats and Tinder Swindler, comes The Truth About Jussie Smollett?, a shocking true story of an allegedly fake story that some now say might just be a true story. Featuring interviews with police, lawyers, journalists, investigators who claim to have uncovered new evidence about the case, and with Jussie himself, this compelling documentary invites the audience to decide for themselves who is telling The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
Director
Gagan Rehill
Distributor
Netflix
Genre
Crime, Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 22, 2025
Runtime
1h 26m
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