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2023
TV-MA
Paramount+
1 h 46 m

2023
TV-MA
Paramount+
1 h 46 m

Summary Step inside music's biggest scandal with Milli Vanilli, a new feature-length documentary that tells the story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan. Rob and Fab, better known as Milli Vanilli, became the world’s most popular pop duo in 1990—but their ascension came at a devastating price that ultimately led to their infamous undoing.

Directed By: Luke Korem

2023
TV-MA
Paramount+
1 h 46 m

2023
TV-MA
Paramount+
1 h 46 m

Milli Vanilli

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

72

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

7.4

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Summary Step inside music's biggest scandal with Milli Vanilli, a new feature-length documentary that tells the story of Robert Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan. Rob and Fab, better known as Milli Vanilli, became the world’s most popular pop duo in 1990—but their ascension came at a devastating price that ultimately led to their infamous undoing.

Directed By: Luke Korem

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Critic Reviews

Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

71% Positive
5 Reviews

29% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews

71% Positive
5 Reviews

29% Mixed
2 Reviews

0% Negative
0 Reviews

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Jun 12, 2023

As a documentary, Milli Vanilli brings off something at once strategic, artful, and humane: It presents what happened to Milli Vanilli so that we empathize directly with these two young men who were drawn, like sacrificial virgins, into the pop maelstrom.

By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

Oct 26, 2023

It’s an absorbing blend of comedy and tragedy.

By Anita Singh FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Oct 25, 2023

The performers Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus earn your empathy in the documentary Milli Vanilli, a jolting, eye-opening investigation on how fame destroyed them. The war-of-words film, directed by Luke Korem, unfolds like a whodunit.

Oct 24, 2023

Korem doesn’t uncover too much that’s new, but more than three decades later, he gives key players the opportunity to share their memories and perspectives. The passage of time provides frank reassessments—some tragic, some humorous.

By Christy Lemire FULL REVIEW

Jun 12, 2023

Well-researched and polished, even if it’s essentially a feature-length episode of “Behind the Music.”

By Martin Tsai FULL REVIEW

The Hollywood Reporter

Oct 26, 2023

Maybe Korem’s primary objective is simply to make you think more about Milli Vanilli than you ever have before. In that, it’s a total success. It’s more of a failure when it comes to trying to answer some of those big questions and engage in direct accountability, and I don’t know if I buy most of its cultural conclusions

By Daniel Fienberg FULL REVIEW

The Daily Beast

Oct 24, 2023

A cautionary tale about…making “a pact with the devil.” However, Milli Vanilli doesn’t have much to reveal that isn’t by now well-known pop lore.

By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

80% Positive
4 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

0% Negative
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User Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings

80% Positive
4 Ratings

20% Mixed
1 Rating

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Details

Production Company Keep On Running Pictures, Fulwell 73, MTV Entertainment Studios, Media Rights Capital (MRC)

Release Date Oct 24, 2023

Duration 1 h 46 m

Rating TV-MA

Genres

Tagline 10 Million Albums. 1 Epic Lie.

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Awards

Austin Film Critics Association

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

International Documentary Association

• 1 Nomination

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