- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Jun 7, 2023
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His brand is at no point challenged. Schwarzenegger has an action comedy series on Netflix, Fubar, and it was never going to put that in jeopardy. So the effect is cosy, but in fairness to the director Lesley Chilcott, it is never boring.
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Arnold might be an airbrushed profile but it’s also a breezy watch that the actor’s loyal fan base will lap up.
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Consider this a glorified promotional video, albeit a handsomely made one. Hasta la vista indeed.
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Though Chilcott is credited as director, the one really dictating where it all goes and what it discusses remains Schwarzenegger himself. He is almost always the one with his hands firmly on the wheel of Arnold, steering it into a work that is occasionally revealing yet too carefully sculpted to be fully transcendent.
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Arnold’s candidness thus feels manicured, and hardly designed to plumb Schwarzenegger’s legacy in anything other than rosy terms. Fortunately, for most of its three-hour runtime, it doesn’t have to strain too hard to craft an uplifting and charismatic portrait of dedication and determination.
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Arnold doesn’t really offer a frank assessment of Schwarzenegger’s fairly disastrous time in office as California governor, but in addition to getting him to discuss the groping allegation, the filmmakers also ask him about fathering a son, Joseph, with his Guatemalan maid, Mildred Patricia Baena.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 16
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Mixed: 3 out of 16
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Negative: 10 out of 16
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Jun 16, 2023
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Jul 3, 2023