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An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.

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Alex Gibney's Musk offers a sharp, revealing portrait of Elon Musk's transformation from celebrated innovator to controversial power broker, examining the far-reaching consequences of his influence.

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Thelma Adams

AARP Movies for Grownups

16 hrs ago

4/5

Gibney’s gift for the documentary does record for posterity a man at midlife defined by his massive intelligence and absence of empathy, which is a cautionary combination.

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Katie Rife

Inverse

20 hrs ago

It explores the culture around Musk in enough detail to explain how we got here.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

1 day ago

3.5/4

Gibney does a facile job of putting all the jigsaw puzzle pieces together to create a frightening portrait of a cocky businessman he views as running amok, a guy with an excess of everything, including global power.

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Daniel M. Kimmel

North Shore Movies

30 min ago

4/5

As a portrait of the man who was the world’s first trillionaire, "Musk" is devastating proof of Lord Acton’s famous axiom, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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Li Lai

Mediaversity Reviews

6 hrs ago

C-

While I’m happy for Musk to critique the world’s richest asshole, one has to wonder if all this scrutiny isn’t just fanning the flames.

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Doug Jamieson

The Jam Report

6 hrs ago

3.5/5

It's meticulous, slickly assembled, and frequently unsettling, even if its considerable length ultimately yields fewer revelations than one might expect.

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Tom H

6 hrs ago

M was a mystery to me b4 this film. Now I know I might know too much.

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JR

9 hrs ago

The single most important documentary you’ll ever see in your life.

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Richard

4 days ago

A very comprehensive and well researched expose. The only dig is the length. At 3-3/4 hours, this is almost like its subject…too much.

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Eric P

6 days ago

Incredible doc! Brilliant!

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Julie O

6 days ago

The challenge of a documentary is making it interesting enough for you to want to watch. Absolutely accomplished. Clever framing. and clever communication. I knew a lot of this, but I was still flabbergasted. When you see real people talking instead of reading some tweet or something on other social media, it’s a lot more real.

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JD

Oct 9, 2026

Required viewing if you love America and hate what billionaires have done to it.

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Synopsis

An incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur” who has enormous influence on the world in which we all live.

Director: Alex Gibney
Producer: Alex Gibney, Jessie Deeter, Erin Edeiken, Zhang Xin, Joey Marra, Nick Shumaker, Jessica Grimshaw, Dana O'Keefe, Ronan Farrow, Lawrence Wright
Screenwriter: Alex Gibney, Michael J. Palmer, Alex Gibney, Michael J. Palmer
Distributor: Bleecker Street Media
Production Co: Anonymous Content, Double Agent, Closer Media
Rating: R (Brief Violent Content|Language)
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 9, 2026, Limited
Runtime: 3h 55m

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