The New York Times Presents

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Season 2
  • Network: FX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jul 10, 2020
Season #: 2, 1
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 5 Critic Reviews

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

Critic Reviews

  1. CNN
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    May 20, 2022
    90
    With Musk very much in the news, "Crash Course" offers a window into this inordinately outspoken and controversial billionaire and the corporate culture that he fosters. Yet more urgently, it raises questions about the safety of Tesla owners when they employ Autopilot now, not where they'll be two years from now.
  2. Decider
    Reviewed by: Joel Keller
    May 25, 2022
    80
    Elon Musk’s Crash Course is yet another example of how The New York Times Presents concisely presents complicated news stories in a fast-moving, compelling package that gives viewers more than enough depth to understand the issue and who the players are.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Kyle Fowle
    May 20, 2022
    77
    What makes Elon Musk's Crash Course really worth watching is the way it uses its material to dig into the ways the collision of celebrity and capitalism can have a dangerous effect on the public good.
  5. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    May 20, 2022
    75
    Two takeaways seem undeniable. The first is that Musk has overhyped the technology and presented aspiration as accomplished fact. ... The second is that a whole happy world of self-driving cars is a long way off.
  6. Salon
    Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    May 20, 2022
    70
    What this documentary shows us isn't encouraging, even as it helps us to better comprehend the thinking of a man described as wanting to "make a dent in the world."