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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

8 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

12 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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Russ Simmons

KKFI-FM (Kansas City)

4 hrs ago

4/5

For those who want to be informed, "Musk" is a must=see.

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Josh Bell

The Inlander (Spokane, WA)

5 hrs ago

2.5/4

The prolific, Oscar-winning Gibney has become a bit of a documentary factory in the past 15 years or so, but his competent professionalism serves him well, and Musk is most effective in its basic, reliable mode of talking heads and archival footage.

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

5 hrs ago

Much of the content is familiar from the daily news cycle, but there is something about seeing it all collected that makes it feel different. The connective tissue between things becomes more apparent.

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JR

1 hr 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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Matt L

@RT62699765 46 min ago

Frightening in what it documents and implies, “Musk” will keep you considering the near-future implications of what you’ve witnessed long after the movie has ended. Many of the details you may already know, but the narrative weaves all of them together into a masterwork equal to its immense task.

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Justine 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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