The Man with 1000 Kids

First I will review the technical merits of the series, then opine on the subject matter - fyi if anyone wants to tune out - although no 'spoilers' will be tendered

Objectively this is an above average documentary - albeit not unbiased towards the subject nor subject matter, but it's definitely a forgivable and defendable position for the filmmaker to take - the anecdotal evidence was presented fairly, the testimony effective and the 'recreations' fair and, although there for more dramatic effect, definitely did not pander to 'entertainment value' which is good, right?

Now, bear in mind I'm an affluent single middle aged white man who has no children and have taken extreme care to have done so, sacrificing to my own detriment - I believe that overpopulation is THE root of all the horrifying challenges our planet faces and that OUR species has bestowed upon the world - that being said, I stand firmly with the parents (and children) , both with empathy, respect and appreciation - I watched this with a growing sense of abject terror for that is what this guy is - an absolute environmental terrorist - (which includes terrorizing the parents as well as likely, sadly, his biological offspring) I feel it's important to cite how 800 years ago Genghis Khan asserted his will on enough females that we now can trace back one half of one percent of all humans to him - this is significant - my fear is that via air travel and internet communications etc (today's technology and ' small world') we may see even larger numbers with these super donor donks - it's very problematic - for the obvious reasons as well as unforseen climate type issues - I want to stop here and now to make it clear if any of the offspring be reading this that THEY ARE NOT IN ANY WAY DIFFERENT THAN EVERYONE ELSE - and hold no responsibility or culpability nor should internalize these potential issues as any "fault of thier own" it is MY DEAREST WISH that they suffer nothing but live joy filled, successful lives where they thrive - so that being said, I will discontinue my rant and wish everyone but the donors in question, well.

Unbelievable how many commentators here on IMDB call these women the most nasty things possible. Who do these sanctimonious people think they are? Calling them unnatural, bad, disgusting etc etc. And some are supporting the sperm donor, Jonathan. These commentators are evil. The women in this documentary trusted Jonathan. And others trusted the fertility clinic or the website they found online. Then they are confronted with a defunct system. Fertility clinics not being in contact with each other. Not syncing their digital files. Jonathan lying to these women. Lying about that he just helped so and so much women. And then these women are considered selfish? Unnatural? If these women behave unnatural then going to a doctor to be cured from a pneumonia is unnatural also. The nerve of these commentators. I think IMDB has a duty to monitor these comments and to remove their comments. These people are insulting the women who participated. They are ideologically and politically biased. And probably religiously. And the misogyny of some of them. My goodness. Supporting or giving advice to spermdonor Jonathan, even. This documentary shows how we just can't trust fully the medical system around us. We always need to check and double check. When sperm donors promise on a piece of paper that they won't work with other fertility clinics or with other women or couples, it should be under supervision of a notary or within some other legal context, where when the donor is behaving against the agreement he risks jail time or he will be punished financially. It's 2024 and that this was recently possible in a well organised society, says a lot about how badly our societies still are organised.

I do feel for the couples who went to the legitimate donor clinics and ended up with this psycho who obviously wants to leave his genetic legacy to the world. I also feel sorry for the thousand children who are his progeny, particularly the ones whose mothers just randomly decided that it would be a good idea to go and procreate with a total stranger, because he had nice blond curls. The IQs of these poor kids will probably prove to be quite the number...And maybe they did it because it was free?

I have absolutely no sympathy for the people who reached out to this random stranger and accepted his word that he had only fathered three or four children, oh no, maybe 25 children because now he was helping with second and third offspring for the couples that were already successful and had one child, so the lies just changed. No vetting on their part of his medical history (only what he told them), actually agreeing to having sex with him, so it would "work better" (I think one woman agreed to that I'm just so disgusted I have no words), waiting at the mall for the "sample"; commenting on how gross that is, because he is obtaining the sample in a public bathroom at the mall, but taking the sample home anyway...I'm sorry, you are trying to conceive with a complete stranger, and you want a child so badly that you don't care to look into his background.

Now your child has 50% of this narcissist's DNA. Good luck to you and to your poor children.

A group of Dutch mums to be are delighted to have found the perfect sperm donor, YouTuber Jonathan Meijer, a handsome Dutchman, with perfect hair and teeth, and a bizarre ambition, to father as many babies as possible.

It's like a plot from a sci fi series, it really is insane, its such a bizarre and twisted storyline.

It held my attention, possibly morbid curiosity, I had to keep watching.

Jonathan's story is such a bizarre one, I would have loved to know what he wanted out of it, was it simply to fill the world with his offspring, or was there something else to it? I was also puzzled to see if any of his actions were criminal or not.

A three part series, I'm glad they kept it at that, it would have been overlong, they just about get away with three. It is a little slow in parts, and why Netflix insist on these recreation scenes with real people, they are so pointless.

Will there be a follow up in twenty years or so, as his offspring move into adulthood, I wouldn't get against it.

7/10.

As the documentary is really well edited, you can't stop yourself from getting a disturbed feeling about what this man did. The women in this series can be very proud of themselves.

I hope that after this documentary there will be a better legislation in fertilization. There should be a law-change as soon as possible.

Although it's a tough story to watch, we watched it in one sit. They edited everything very well together.

Although I never leave a review, and even though I'm not the proudest to be a dutchie right now, I think this series deserves one. Also because I saw that there are negative reviews by men who believes that he did a good job.