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  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator examines the dramatic rise and fall of the controversial founder of hot yoga, Bikram Choudhury. Arriving in Beverly Hills from Calcutta, India in the early 1970s, Choudhury quickly cultivated a celebrity following and built a global fitness empire that furnished him with extreme wealth. But by the 2010s, as n...

Directed By: Eva Orner

  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2019
  • TV-MA
  • Netflix
  • 1 h 26 m

Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Summary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator examines the dramatic rise and fall of the controversial founder of hot yoga, Bikram Choudhury. Arriving in Beverly Hills from Calcutta, India in the early 1970s, Choudhury quickly cultivated a celebrity following and built a global fitness empire that furnished him with extreme wealth. But by the 2010s, as n...

Directed By: Eva Orner

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75
Nov 21, 2019
As a cinematic achievement, “Bikram” is fairly tame; as a mass-media call to action, it’s an essential movie of the moment.
By Eric Kohn FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 21, 2019
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator is more than an indictment of a man. Orner cross-examines the community that protected a bully for four decades, ever since Bikram pranced before TV cameras flexing his pecs for a cheering audience.
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70
Nov 21, 2019
This haunting documentary is a powerful addition to a growing body of post #MeToo films — including “Finding Neverland” and “Surviving R. Kelly” — that show how cultural power is accumulated and weaponized.
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70
Nov 21, 2019
Orner succeeds at evoking a deep sense of empathy for the survivors of Choudhury’s abuse, and although that’s not the same thing as justice, perhaps it’s a place to start.
By Beandrea July FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 22, 2019
Like the other famous current example of the mercurial, dimwitted bullying, sexually abusive misogynist/narcissist, we know the True Believers’ epiphany won’t be something they welcome.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 21, 2019
Director Eva Orner makes her story both about the predator and the victims, and delivers an appropriately cut-and-dry case that Bikram more than deserves that third title. But she connects these sensibilities with an approach that too often feels like an info dump, instead of a gripping mediation on the larger themes and harrowing stories that inspired it.
By Nick Allen FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Pulse Films
Release Date Nov 20, 2019
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating TV-MA
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