• Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Jun 1, 2026
Metascore
73

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 5
  2. Negative: 0 out of 5

Critic Reviews

  1. Reviewed by: Brian Farvour
    Jun 3, 2026
    100
    It’s another triumph for Smith, shedding light on an overstuffed topic he’s able to unpack in a manner as easy to digest as the rest of his work has shown thus far. Though many of the traditional documentary hallmarks exist throughout, his hand guides the story to a conclusion both as somewhat satisfying as it is tragic in its own right.
  2. Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    May 29, 2026
    80
    It’s occasionally nice to be reminded there was ample weirdness in the pre-social media age.
  3. Reviewed by: John Anderson
    May 29, 2026
    70
    Mr. Smith is an insightful filmmaker and “Bring Me the Beauties” is a stylishly constructed parable about naivete and spiritual emptiness. But any study of cults involves some documentary boilerplate. .... How Von Mierers convinced his followers that they, too, were transplanted aliens, or that he wasn’t hawking the same stuff as countless other grifter-preachers, isn’t made clear.