Essentially, it’s the ultimate VH1 Behind the Music story and director Luke Korem certainly makes full use of archival footage and new interviews to take viewers on an emotional rollercoaster of a ride.

| Oct 14, 2024

Milli Vanilli offers a cautionary tale that recontextualizes a band that few really knew.

| Nov 18, 2023

Milli and Vanilli’s story is outrageous and tragic, but it’s not singular.

| Nov 10, 2023

Equally strong and affecting portrait of another short-lived, mega-successful ’80s pop duo.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 8, 2023

Benefits from some distance, while also placing it firmly in the documentary genre of 'Gee, we sure freaked out badly about that thing in the ‘90s, didn’t we?'

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 3, 2023

... The documentary suffers slightly from the absence of Farian, who declined to be interviewed. Still, it’s an enlightening 106 minutes about how the pop industry can work.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 31, 2023

In his documentary, Luke Korem gives a very balanced analysis of this story, giving it something that the media's trial never gave to Fav and Rob: humanity. [Full review in Spanish]

| Oct 30, 2023

Overall, the message here is one of a cruel hypocritical industry, which is entirely fair. What is lacking, perhaps, is a secondary message that perhaps pop music has subsequently learned that singing isn’t everything.

| Oct 30, 2023

Milli Vanilli exposes a seminal moment in music history with layers of complexity that went past the fraud.

| Original Score: B | Oct 26, 2023

Korem’s film is something of a bonkers cautionary tale, an extraordinary snapshot of a different time, a different world.

| Oct 25, 2023

It’s an absorbing blend of comedy and tragedy.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 25, 2023

But ultimately it’s not a story simply about lip-synching and how not to get caught doing it. Rather, this doc wonders where a pop star really exists, on the spectrum between perception and truth.

| Oct 25, 2023

Korem is more successful at vividly revisiting a moment in pop culture history.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 25, 2023

As presented here, it’s easy to see how this could be the basis for a horror film by Jordan Peele.

| Oct 24, 2023

Luke Korem persuasively makes the argument that there was much more going on than two opportunists who saw their way out and took it — and became vilified for their deception.

| Original Score: 4/5 | 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.

| Oct 23, 2023

If you told somebody the story of Milli Vanilli, who had no idea the story was real, they would probably think it was a parody.

| Oct 23, 2023

Milli Vanilli – as a film – should hopefully provide clarity and serve as an act of vindication for the two men that shouldered the blame and entirely didn’t deserve to.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 19, 2023

It's not the most incisive documentary, often skimming the surface of the controversy and giving interviewees an easy ride, but the central story is a compelling tale of how an entire industry can buy into a lie.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 16, 2023

Learn, evolve, and be happy.

| Jun 19, 2023