Who Is Luigi Mangione?

Luigi case divided people into two very polarised groups, the devoted supporters and critiques of his did, yet whole documentary is focused mostly around one point of view, trying to force the audience to condemn his actions and force very specific take on concept of morality basen only on the laws. And I see a huge the problem with that, because most of public opinion, which is a huge part of this case, did not agree with that rhetoric and mainstream was overtaken for a while by a discussion about the lawful practices of health insurance companies that are immoral and should actually be illegal, yet their massive involvement and justified anger directed at a group people who hurts them for the profit and appreciation to someone who acted in their defense and potentially may have influenced the industry is criticised, overlooked and downplayed by this production, as if they are trying to gaslight people about the course of extremely recent events and erase that part. Most of the guests presented have literally nothing to say except their personal opinion that suits the chosen narrative of documentary. The time I spent watching this was a waste, in those 40 minutes I could have learned much more about the case via internet without listening how HBO is going up the bum of big corporations.

This is one of the worst "documentary true crime/ investigation" movies I have ever watched. It actually made me angry and further resentful towards the media. I am a film major in college, looking specifically to focus on documentaries. I love the idea of documenting social movements and important moments in social culture and history. I think it is important to show unbiased, wholistic truth in a time of polarization, misinformation, division, etc. This documentary is shameful and shows the further misuse of power and narrative in the US. I would assume we could blame this on directors Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz. May I ask where your funding is coming from? (I am not saying they have no backbone but?? This piece of work reeks of bias). I say that as an insult to them as filmmakers and the work they created.

We know as a society that violence is wrong, and we do not need a documentary to prove that. (Edit: I understand the message of the inhumane nature of glorifying violence, but please explore the other sides of that. You never fully explained why people might be glorifying thiissss violence WHICH IS KEY TO THE DOCUMENTARY!!.. WHY.. WHY IS IT) The people deserve a story of context, and this did not provide that. It zeroed in on vilifying a man that made it immensely obvious he had a greater message behind his violence. I am not asking this documentary to bring refuge and support to Luigi Mangione, but it is diabolical to create a documentary about him and not fully explore the context. It is also sick and twisted to paint Brian Thompson as a savior and not fully explore the blood on his hands and the horrifying truth of healthcare industries.

As documentary creators, you owe it to the viewer to provide a full story. This lack of depth, context, and effort, resorting in a disappointing creation, is sorrowful and disgraceful. I hope that as the story is developed, better filmmakers will provide a better documentary and the whole story!

Completely tone-deaf documentary. It's clear as daylight that the director wanted the audience to sympathize with the killing of the CEO, but in all honesty, it made me sympathize with Luigi even more.

The criminologist in question was meant to serve as the logic of the film but came across as arrogant and out of touch. She claims Mangione is a narcissist who acted on nothing more than selfish reasons. You would believe that someone who works in the justice system would restrain themselves from accusing an individual of a crime they have not been indicted. If anything, it truly shows how the oligarchs can spread propaganda for as long as it suits them.

To top it all off, we see a surprise appearance from Mayor Adams - who, mind you, is facing charges of corruption and bribery - yet he wants to preach about honesty and justice? Please.

Super biased documentary run by Dan who has a clear agenda. Trying to act like they don't know how this could have happened and skirting around any of the sympathetic facts of Luigi's person and his plan beyond just touching on "Yeah he said he didn't want to use a bomb because it would hurt innocents". Trying to frame him as a narcissistic type with cognitive issues due to Lyme disease, while painting any one who was supportive of him as being wackos. Even the women with the hysterectomy insurance issue they focus on her saying she wasn't sad about what happened to Brian. Nothing about UHC's use of AI in pushing out more claim denials then any other insurance by a huge margin, no talk about why healthcare shouldn't be for profit at all in this country because it makes no sense. No talk about UHC raking in billions of dollars and trying to say they aren't that profitable. No talk about Eric Adams doing a perp walk for publicity to get rid some media attention about the investigation into his own corruption which has now been thrown conveniently.

Incoherent mess, shambles of a script, poorly written, to say its a disaster is an understatement. It glorifies a mass murderer as a "family man" and gives very little background on the actual person that the film is supposed to be about. It is biased, one-sided and tone deaf and the message was strange and muddled. This film had the perfect ingredient to appeal to mass audience but the shallow journalism didn't reveal much that everyone didn't already know and the way they're clearly biased is annoying to say the least. It wastes its audience's time with every excruciating minute. If you value your sanity, avoid this train wreck at all costs.