Pepsi, Where's My Jet?

Netflix documentaries strength is about telling a story about people. Whether he should or not should have a jet is an interesting topic, but that's not why it should be a 4 episode documentary. It needs that time for us to cozy down and immerse ourselves in the lives of the participants.

This a lovely ride to the 90s. A ride to make us remember when we were kids and looked at unattainable dreams in catalogues that offered prices to kids who seld magazines or collected bottlecaps.

I never got close to the big prizes, but my heart is with the kid who went for it.

You sell dreams you should deliver on them.

This is a rare gem of a docuseries! I don't usually watch feel-good documentaries but I'm really glad i watched this. It's often hilarious, the soundtrack is fantastic and perfectly timed, the editing and directing are so well done you can actually feel how much they enjoyed making this documentary, and how much fun they were having with it! If you're looking for a lighthearted story-time that asks it's audience for nothing but a few hours, look no further. You will not be disappointed!

(And now I'm filling space because i have no more words about the docuseries. I was stretching that review already 😅)

When I first saw this documentary in my Netflix suggestions I was very entrigered by the title and I didn't knew this story so I took the risk and I immediatly started to see. After I finish it, I can tell this was a fantastic story very well narrated with some humour cleverly mixed. I love the way the story was told and the way keep pushing me to see more in the next episode.

I really enjoyed saw the perspective of a young kid vs one of the biggest companies in the world, and that inspired me a lot to never be afraid of battle for things we belive and want the most.

I think it's a story that everyone must see.

Back when advertising campaigns were very, very different, Pepsi launched an audacious, fun campaign, Pepsi points for prizes, 7 million, would get you a Harrier jet.....just fun right, not for John Leonard.

I have to be honest, I thoroughly enjoyed this four part series, first of all, it was refreshing to watch something that didn't feature serial killers and murders, and it was good to learn of a story I knew nothing about.

Plenty of really interesting interviews, it's a basic David Vs Goliath story, the little guy (albeit one with some hefty financial backing,) taking on a big corporate business, Pepsi co.

It's arguably a little slow and repetitive in parts, and four episodes was definitely too long, but I was never bored, there were plenty of interesting bits, including the insight from Avenatti, and the story in The Philippines, Pepsi did not come out of this looking too good.

Very interesting, 8/10.

I just read some reviews from other people and I don't understand why they think it was too long. It was only 4 episodes and the episodes are less than 40 minutes each. They go so fast!

I was hooked from the beginning. I knew nothing about this going in so I didn't know what the outcome would either. Some of the people in this documentary are funny, some are smart, some are stupid and some are creeps. It has it all.

Such an interesting story, I also liked the Philippines story and would like to hear more about that. So sad!

I know which I prefer (coke) and I know how I would have voted if I were on a jury deciding this case (there was no fine print - you can't say "it was a joke". It's like cheating on your wife then saying "it didn't mean anything". Give him the damn jet.) I laughed out loud in a few parts of this! Super enjoyable.