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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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Kyle Smith

Wall Street Journal

1 hr ago

Mr. Gibney provides a useful overview of an eventful life but frequently veers off-track into bristling hyperbole.

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Kenji Fujishima

Slant Magazine

4 days ago

2.5/4

Musk works best as an exhaustive chronicle of how the richest man in the world went from being one of the most respected to one of the most dangerous.

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Liz Shannon Miller

Consequence

Oct 1, 2026

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There is no question that Musk serves as a vital, nearly comprehensive document not just of Musk as a person, but of the increasingly dystopian world he is currently helping to shape. (It didn’t need the gimmicks.)

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Martin Tsai

Critic's Notebook

1 hr ago

In trying to puncture Mr. Musk’s mythology, Mr. Gibney manufactures a little mythology of his own.

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

21 hrs ago

The film is entertaining, well-paced, and never gets boring. But little is new, and the film makes a couple of truly baffling choices.

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Joey Magidson

Awards Radar

1 day ago

3.5/4

Watching Musk is an infuriating yet essential experience.

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JD

21 hrs ago

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

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Jonathan T

@RT67240284 29 min ago

Absolutely essential viewing. MUST WATCH.

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G S

@RT24102357 10 hrs ago

Required viewing for anyone who wants to know how our world has become a dystopian, fascist hellscape.

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Bill W

@RT65282670 19 hrs ago

PROPOGANDA ABOUT ONE OF THE EVILEST PEOPLE, ANTI AMERICAN, THE ANTICHRIST HIMSELF PAID FOR THIS MOVIE

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Paul J. F

@RT31168009 1 day ago

Great documentary about one of the greatest people in our time. Very entertaining and informative. I liked him before. After seeing this, I love him more than ever! Go Musk!

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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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