Don't Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 1, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
55
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleBob StraussJan 2, 2025
Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever goes a long way toward humanizing the Venmo multimillionaire best known for pumping his teenage son’s blood plasma into his own veins. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowJan 2, 2025
We may find ourselves agreeing with the skeptical podcasters and journalists who see Johnson as a kook or a crafty snake oil salesman who persuades gullible people that they have a problem and he has the answer. Read full review
75
Paste MagazineJim VorelJan 2, 2025
Don’t Die offers an engrossing window into the mania of a unique individual, one with the outlandish resources to do something that no normal person would even be able to dream about attempting. Read full review
65
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJan 2, 2025
Includes enough critical voices and material to complicate Johnson’s view about his actions and ethos—in the process undercutting the material’s superficial optimism. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubBrent SimonJan 3, 2025
If Don’t Die had a bit more of the discipline its subject imposes on his own days, those feelings might linger longer. Read full review
50
TheWrapMatt GoldbergApr 15, 2025
If anything, “Don’t Die” may work better as a cautionary tale of what happens when you give your entire identity, thinking, and online persona to playing an avatar of fitness. It’s a shame that Smith seems to see such radical actions as mostly harmless. Read full review
30
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergJan 2, 2025
This too-chummy documentary, promoted on Johnson’s website, offers the more familiar reverse sensation of having 90 minutes of your life taken from you. By the time it’s over, you will be older, a progression that if anything the movie feels like it hastens. Read full review
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