Totally Under Control

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Totally Under Control

2020

2h 3m

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Public health officials discuss the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Totally Under Control does a commendable job of distilling current events into a clear-eyed overview that's as engaging as it is enraging.

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Sam Adams

Slate

This isn't the story of an inevitable tragedy. It's the story of a disaster that everyone saw coming and let happen anyway.

Feb 7, 2021

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

This is about as timely as a documentary can be, and yet it's already in need of an update.

Rated: 3.5/4

Feb 7, 2021

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

It takes a village to burn itself to the ground, and no one is better at contextualizing such huge events, and structuring the information into a clear and transparent narrative, than documentarian Alex Gibney.

Feb 7, 2021

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Patrick Beatty

ABC4 Utah

If you’ve been wondering, “Where are we now? How did we get here?” in terms of the pandemic, this documentary walks through that.

Jul 23, 2025

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Geoffrey Macnab

iNews.co.uk

What gives the film its power is the mounting disbelief of the talking heads at the way the Trump White House ignores scientists and basic common sense.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 16, 2025

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Amy Smith

InSession Film

In terms of COVID-19 documentaries I have seen so far, this one is the strongest. It has a clear focus and message, and it does a great job at getting that message across the screen.

Mar 1, 2024

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Avindu G

A thorough political view point on human race's reaction to a challenge that's backed up by dear mother nature. A great documentary on the importance of good governance in the time of crisis but the end of it seem to be too sudden. TUC leaves the viewer with so many good questions that must be asked and that's fulfilling a docudrama's purpose. Intelligent use of visuals and cinematography is excellent capturing the pandemic induced chaos. Great use of background music tuning up the tension. The multitude of separate fields that participants are from makes this essential service of a documentary an eye opener.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/29/23

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Audience Member

I thought it was too overblown and of course not getting into everything, just what and how they want to cover the issues.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

A completely biased hit piece. Sad excuse for a movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

An infuriating documentary about the Trump administration's mishandling of the pandemic, 'Totally Under Control' can be a depressing watch at times, but it gets its point across in a very effective manner. Many more documentaries will be made about the last year, but this one is very well put together. Everyone should watch this.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

Interesting, but not as good as #UNFIT

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Audience Member

A documentary on Hulu about how the US government and public health agencies dealt with the coronavirus pandemic and how we got to the point before October 2020. Quite a disturbing and shocking revelation of how politics dominated over science and helped spread the preventable pandemic. Definitely a must watch to learn about the coming of the pandemic in the US. 9/10

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Synopsis

Public health officials discuss the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director: Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger
Producer: Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger
Screenwriter: Alex Gibney
Production Co: Yellow Bear Films, Jigsaw Productions, Play/Action Pictures, Participant
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 13, 2020
Runtime: 2h 3m

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