Wild Wild Country

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Season 1
  • Network: Netflix
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 16, 2018
User Score
7.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 55 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 44 out of 55
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 55
  3. Negative: 7 out of 55
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  1. EludiumQ36
    Mar 24, 2018
    2
    So much potential but dies in execution. Those raving about it are Netflix shills, in my most generous estimation this rates no more than a six. This would've been GREAT as a serialized docu-drama but instead it's a straight-up, let's do boring interviews of old people from that time period and splice in shaky, low-def film-strip quality video footage from long ago, ugh. So much wastedSo much potential but dies in execution. Those raving about it are Netflix shills, in my most generous estimation this rates no more than a six. This would've been GREAT as a serialized docu-drama but instead it's a straight-up, let's do boring interviews of old people from that time period and splice in shaky, low-def film-strip quality video footage from long ago, ugh. So much wasted potential. It also fails to capture WHY there was so much fascination with the Bagwan Rasneesh. Seriously, he was an old, balding man who possessed no powers/abilities or even the gift of gab, the documentary utterly fails to help us understand why he was such a draw besides his own meek statement that "before, I was asleep, now I'm awake." Wow, let's drop what we're doing and follow this guy around India and then on to Oregon, really?! I couldn't make it past the third hour of this wasted effort.… Expand
  2. NBE1315
    Mar 21, 2018
    0
    The lowlife, christian(supposedly), scum should sit down and read the US Constitution. These people were not bothering anyone. They should have been left alone. Didn't the same thing happen to the Mormons? They started Utah. It is good to see nothing changed, I am disgusted with these so called americans.
  3. Drew185
    Mar 31, 2018
    3
    I just finished watching this entire documentary and was very disappointed. It has some promise of intrigue, some interesting reveals, but it really never hits a punchline.
    I think critics are getting swept up in the emotional side of it. I believe if you watch this only with an emotional angle, you will get swept up in it. Much of that is done well. But they fail to answer, or ask, so    I just finished watching this entire documentary and was very disappointed. It has some promise of intrigue, some interesting reveals, but it really never hits a punchline.
    I think critics are getting swept up in the emotional side of it. I believe if you watch this only with an emotional angle, you will get swept up in it. Much of that is done well. But they fail to answer, or ask, so many basic questions. I've been a journalist for several years and was immediately asking all these questions at the screen, hoping for answers. I kept watching, thinking maybe they would do a big reveal at the end. Because if they didn't, this would be a terrible documentary. And they didn't.
    It's basically a bunch of old footage of people acting weird in Oregon, intercut with recent interviews from people who went through it all. I think the reviewers placed too much value on the fact that the filmmakers told both sides of the story. They did that much. But they never provided anything conclusive in the end. So it all amounts to a bunch of he said, she said, then it ends. They did not delve into any deeper discussion of cults, why people get into them, or if the regular followers were actually treated well. They never explained how they got so rich. That's a massively important missing piece of the puzzle. Of course super rich people can do outlandish things. Because they have tons of money. How did they get the money? Did any crimes actually happen? Was the leader actually a bad guy? Or just a kooky old meditation leader? So many critical unanswered questions it basically becomes a story of some weird people in the mountains who lived there for a few years then left. No interesting finale, or new revelation that changes the story. This is a sentimental whirlwind much like the cult it describes.    … Expand
  4. jln81
    Jul 18, 2018
    3
    Honestly, I found this really boring. The documentary seems to assume a lot of knowledge, and it could really have used a narrator to talk you through the events/timeline. It just zips from interview to interview and expects you to know what they're talking about. Disappointing.

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Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Mar 16, 2018
    100
    It’s a challenging piece that requires the viewer to acknowledge their own reactions and then question them. In that, Wild Wild Country may be even more vital to a divided nation. It demands you see the other side.
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  2. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Robert Lloyd
    Mar 16, 2018
    80
    A highly pleasurable new documentary series.
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  3. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    Reviewed by: Jen Chaney
    Mar 16, 2018
    80
    Like most good documentarians, the Ways conduct interviews with key figures in this drama without fully passing judgment on any of them and leaving it up to viewers to draw their own conclusions.
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