Fauci

So you're sifting through the reviews and you find yourself confused. Many reviews suggest that it is ignorant and zombie like to called Fauci 1/10, but these same reviews give Fauci 10/10 as if it's the most mindblowing thing ever. Hypocritical, to say the least; perhaps even offensive how some belittle other reviews based on science. Fauci himself has unquestioningly become a controversial man, and I'll admit my view on him isn't ver favorable coming into the documentary, but for the sake of being fair I will grade the documentary, not Fauci himself.

The documentary does take a positive approach to Fauci which is fine, a documentary that speaks of Abraham Lincoln in a positive light does not mean it's bad documentary. The difference is a documentary on Lincoln has the benefit of hindsight and can look back on the life of Lincoln - removed from any contemporary feelings. The Fauci documentary is not. It is well produced which is why I find it naive to call it a 1 or 2 star production, but because of the timing it feels more like a sales advertisement for a car rather than a documentary. It did shed some light on a few of Fauci's more controversial moments, but refuses to take a truly deep and even-handed look at any of the major points in his life. That's why this documentary feels weird, it feels more like a propaganda piece than a documentary; maybe I'm wrong but that's how it comes across especially when their interview selections are more people of authority and not too much of those average Joe's who were greatly affected by Fauci (for better or worse). So in the end, this is a well produced but awkward documentary that should have waited and instead unfortunately calls into question National Geographic's ability to look at the bigger picture.

The only reason that I noticed this documentary was the huge difference if the percentage in Rotten Tomatoes between critics and audiences. Something must be wrong here.

I don't know much about Fauci and didn't closely follow the updates on COVID-19 politics back when the pandemic started, so I can't say much about the accuracy of this documentary.

What I can talk about tho, was the messy organization. Since this is about Fauci, why didn't they just follow the timeline? They kept jump back and forth between AIDS, Ebola, and COVID-19. I was like what the heck was going on? The first transition from AIDS epidemic to COVID-19 pandemic is an example, and the worst one, of the many abrupt changes in this documentary.

One particularly alarming part about Fauci was his first meeting with his wife. His wife, a nurse, back then said something that I'm pretty sure is illegal and could jeopardize someone's life. However, the story ignored that as just a joke? I guess? That was just weird.

As a documentary that was supposed to explore Fauci, it did a poor job because most of the runtime was surface-level stuff. There was a lot of glorious talking without much deep dive into what Fauci actually did. Not that the information shown is wrong (I don't know), but that I want more.

Overall, a poorly-made documentary that didn't offer much. If you want an excellent documentary on COVID-19, watch Totally Under Control, which showed some wild and infuriating stuff that I never thought a government could do. 4/10.

This is an important film, because the main subject is in some ways, NOT Dr. Anthony Fauci, but the concept of, and the acceptance of, science.

This doc includes a large part of the HIV/AIDS controversy, and Dr. Fauci's part in bringing it into the daynight for inspection. Coincidentally enough, this quote is from that era:

"There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge'." -Isaac Asimov, January 21, 1980.

Go see this film, and make your own judgements. It is well-made, and important!

My regards to the video and sound people, top notch work. However this was a very uncomfortable sort of watch.

It seems an odd time to be telling the life story of a man like Fauci, mainly because he is still in the midst of some of the most important events in his life. It's like a Churchill documentary being made during WW2. Not really wrong, just incomplete and perhaps inappropriate timing.

My discomfort with this film really rests in some of the interview choices. Lots of appealing to authority. This film picks its interviews the same way I pick references for my resume: with great caution. The difference being that all parties involved know that a job applicant is meant to sell themselves. Anthony Fauci is without doubt an fascinating and worthy person to be the subject of a biography, so why do I feel like I'm being sold something here?

This was a very uncomfortable sort of watch.

It seems an odd time to be telling the life story of a man like Fauci, mainly because he is still in the midst of some of the most important events in his life. It's like a Churchill documentary being made during WW2. Not really wrong, just incomplete and perhaps inappropriate timing.

My discomfort with this film really rests in some of the interview choices. Lots of appealing to authority. This film picks its interviews the same way I pick references for my resume: with great caution. The difference being that all parties involved know that a job applicant is meant to sell themselves. Anthony Fauci is without doubt an fascinating and worthy person to be the subject of a biography, so why do I feel like I'm being sold something here?