The Truth vs. Alex Jones

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The Truth vs. Alex Jones

2024

2h 1m

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Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, THE TRUTH VS. ALEX JONES chronicles the riveting courtroom drama of two defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars. While exploring the scope and ripple effects of Jones' brand of conspiracy-minded media, the film follows the families' legal efforts to hold him accountable for spreading lies about them and their children. The cases culminate in a historic award of nearly $1.5 billion in damages, followed by Jones declaring bankruptcy.

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Critics Consensus

The Truth vs. Alex Jones is a harrowing and necessary documentary that exposes the insidious power of conspiracy theories, the exploitation of grief for profit, and the chilling indifference of those who profit from spreading lies.

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Anita Singh

Daily Telegraph (UK)

06/17/2024

4/5

The devastating impact of Jones’s conspiracies on families already ripped apart by the Sandy Hook tragedy – which killed 26 – is made clear

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Lucy Mangan

Guardian

06/14/2024

4/5

The madness of it, and the knowledge that Jones’s rants are giving a certain rabid demographic exactly what they want, the dizzying sense of unreality and the multiplying questions as you watch.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

03/28/2024

3/4

A scathing and well-deserved takedown...

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Jen Shieff

New Zealand Herald

01/09/2025

5/5

Dan Reed also made Leaving Neverland (2019)... in both documentaries he’s unflinching, here selecting footage of Alex Jones spitting his invective about the deep state on Texas-based media platform Infowars, owned by his company Free Speech Systems.

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

12/17/2024

This must-see documentary expresses the real danger and destructive power of unchecked conspiracy theories, the money that can be made from exploiting tragedy, and the responsibility we all bear in combating the growing proliferation of fake news.

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Ricardo De Querol

El Pais (Spain)

11/27/2024

The Truth Against Alex Jones stirs your guts and boils your blood; you must become outraged. [Full review in Spanish]

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Koo K

@Koocool Jan 24

The people that think Alex Jones is someone to look up to and to listen to and believe in the hoax still after this, are insanely stupid beyond belief. These kind of documetaries the world needs more of - exposing the greed of ruthless people such as Alex Jones.

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Joshua B

@Jboydtthr Oct 15

I was against this guy from the start, I thought how could someone make a mockery from a tragedy, but after watching this movie I gotta say... It is very hard to believe most of these "parents" solely on the fact that they are just not very good at acting. The moment the fake crying started, I had a revelation. This must be a hoax. People dont fake cry for real children that are lost. Next round, hire better actors.

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stephen b

@RT02381805 02/16/2025

Heartbreaking at times, with ultimate vindication in the end. Just make sure to take your blood pressure medicine beforehand for some of the in between.

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Ray S

@Yeesh715 02/14/2025

It's ridiculous to claim this movie is a documentary.

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Michael O

@RT97846949 10/12/2024

Alex Jones is the reason people like Thanos felt like half of civilisation should be purged...

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Brendan M

@RT18652986 09/29/2024

Mind blowing. Beyond comprension that this man could be so evil.

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Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, THE TRUTH VS. ALEX JONES chronicles the riveting courtroom drama of two defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars. While exploring the scope and ripple effects of Jones' brand of conspiracy-minded media, the film follows the families' legal efforts to hold him accountable for spreading lies about them and their children. The cases culminate in a historic award of nearly $1.5 billion in damages, followed by Jones declaring bankruptcy.

Director: Dan Reed
Producer: Dan Reed, Marguerite Gaudin
Distributor: Max
Production Co: HBO Documentary Films, Amos Pictures Ltd
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 26, 2024
Runtime: 2h 1m