Fyre

Name: Fyre
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: January 18, 2019
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 75
Cast: Andy King, Billy McFarland, Brett Kincaid, Gabrielle Bluestone, J.R.

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Netflix | Release Date: January 18, 2019 | TV-MA

Starring: Andy King, Billy McFarland, Brett Kincaid, Gabrielle Bluestone, J.R., Ja Rule, Jason Bell, Marc Weinstein, Mary Ann Rolle, Mdavid Low, Michael Ciccarelli, Samuel Krost, Seth Crossno, Shiyuan Deng

Summary: An exclusive behind the scenes look at the infamous unraveling of the Fyre music festival.

Director: Chris Smith

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: TV-MA

Runtime: 97 min

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Chuck Foster

Jan 22, 2019

Documentaries by nature are utilitarian, telling a story from real events as they happen with little expectation of aesthetic value. Once again, Smith ups the ante, delivering a film that is not only intellectually stimulating but visually as well. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Malcolm Venable

Jan 15, 2019

It's a defining true crime story for the Internet age. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

Jan 16, 2019

The movie is more than a bonfire of the inanities; it’s a shrewd indictment of a dream gone spectacularly, criminally wrong. Read full review

The Guardian Adrian Horton

Jan 14, 2019

Fyre allows you to marvel, and to feel – how spectacular the hubris, how gross the unfairness – while reminding that whether you bought a ticket or not, you were the audience the whole time. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jan 14, 2019

Reaping the benefits of a generation that compulsively records the evidence of their crimes, Fyre exploits a motherlode of private footage that festival mastermind Billy McFarland commissioned throughout the process. It’s less of a snarky recap than a clinical post-mortem. Read full review

Alissa Wilkinson

Jan 17, 2019

You actually come away from Netflix’s Fyre feeling like you’ve got a sense of who McFarland is and why he was able to con so many people into giving him their time, respect, and millions in cash. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Feb 28, 2019

A bit more investigative work on the part of the filmmakers might have gone a long way, especially because there is something of a black hole at the center of Fyre: McFarland is depicted as ground zero in terms of responsibility, but we never get a real sense of who the guy is, what drives him, or how he was able to pull the wool over so many eyes. Read full review

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Big1

Jan 18, 2019

I love watching people fail so this documentary hits all the notes for me. Really fun to watch!

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marcmyworks

Feb 10, 2019

Though the story circled for a year and there are now two documentaries made, Netflix got to the route of what really went on behind the scenes. I've known guys in my life like Billy McFarland, and the shame is they never quite learn.