André Is an Idiot

Name: André Is an Idiot
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 6, 2026
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 78

2026

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Joint Venture | Release Date: March 6, 2026 | Not Rated

Summary: André, a brilliant idiot, is dying because he didn’t get a colonoscopy. His sobering diagnosis, complete irreverence, and insatiable curiosity, send him on an unexpected journey learning how to die happily and ridiculously without losing his sense of humor.

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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RogerEbert.com Marya E. Gates

Mar 3, 2026

Tony Benna’s irreverent, frenetic bio-doc “André Is an Idiot” is unlike any cancer doc you’ve ever seen. Read full review

Odie Henderson

Mar 19, 2026

This is a cautionary tale, but it’s also a celebration of a life filled with crazy stories and lots of love. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 25, 2025

This winning non-fiction portrait proves equally adept at eliciting laughs and tears. Read full review

Guy Lodge

Feb 1, 2025

The film is most enlightening and affecting when it settles into a perceptive, finely detailed examination of everyday domesticity lived under the weight of rushing mortality. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Mar 11, 2026

While “André Is an Idiot” serves as a great reminder to schedule some basic health screenings, it also explores how best to find the quality of a life when its quantity is clearly defined. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Feb 1, 2025

Most of us could never hope to be as smart as Ricciardi was, but the movie he’s left behind does everything in its power to ensure that we’re not as dumb as he was either. Read full review

The Film Stage Dan Mecca

Feb 5, 2025

There is an unbridled honesty to André Is an Idiot that is admirable, even if all of it doesn’t really work. Read full review

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