The Invisible Pilot

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Season 1
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Apr 4, 2022
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6

Critic Reviews

  1. The Telegraph
    Reviewed by: Anita Singh
    Jul 11, 2022
    60
    The series is bogged down by the convoluted film-making, which involves a crew in 2021 reporting on the work of a crew from 2014, and uses footage from both. Like Betzner himself, the film-makers think they’re very smart, but the end result is messy.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    Apr 4, 2022
    60
    We feel that once you get past the first episode of The Invisible Pilot, the craziness of Gary Betzner’s story kicks in. But the first episode makes it a little tough to get to that point.
  3. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Lucy Mangan
    Jul 11, 2022
    40
    Makers Phil Lott and Ari Mark are content to leave it as a tale of derring-do, a kind of Man’s Own adventure story but a thousand questions and alternative accounts are clearly begging to be heard.
  5. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Daniel Fienberg
    Apr 4, 2022
    40
    The Invisible Pilot could have been cut down into something more clear-minded and propulsive or fleshed out into something more relatable and emotionally rich. It’s neither. The bits and pieces of a great story are still visible in a documentary that finally isn’t even all that good.