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FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

2019
Documentary
1h 37m
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Avg Percentile 52.54% from 523 total ratings

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Rated 22 Jan 2019
80
77th
"WHERE IS JA?!" Hot tip, if you have a "I need to go suck a dick to save this company" story,: TAKE IT TO THE GRAVE. The other best thing to come out of this doc is that lady who shelled out her life savings to pay the workers when she totally didn't have to just got it all back and then some through Gofundme :)
Rated 06 Feb 2019
61
26th
This whole farce has potential for a lot of interesting discussion about consumer culture, social media & marketing/investment practises that together seem to promote reckless & psychotic models of entrepreneurship. This film doesn't really dig into any of that & works mostly on two less interesting levels. Firstly as a narrow cautionary tale of the aforementioned lunacy. Secondly as an underhanded exploitation piece that inspires morbid glee as insipid materialistic values turn on themselves.
Rated 07 Feb 2019
78
62nd
There is something beautifully karmic about rich kids getting conned by too good to be true marketing over Instagram. And also something very satisfying about seeing everything collapse around Billy. But then you remember back to the beginning of the doc where this shlubby con man from Jersey is getting wasted in the Bahamas with the 10 biggest supermodels in the world plus Ja Rule and I can't help but think, "I get it, I wouldn't do it, but I get it." I'm only kind of a scum bag though.
Rated 23 Jan 2019
75
64th
Eat the rich.
Rated 22 Jan 2019
58
35th
Invites us to both laugh at and feel sorry for the sort of people who think their life savings will get them ten seconds with someone who has an Instagram account. Provides confession for all the Little People who just wanted to put on a show and didn't understaaand they were being used. Never connects the dots.
Rated 23 Jan 2019
65
51st
A reasonably interesting behind the scenes look at the hilarious shambles that was the Fyre Festival. More than anything this is a damning statement about the shallowness of social media. The fact that one charismatic compulsive liar and a handful of so called "influencers" were able to convince thousands of gullible wanna be fame whores to part with millions of dollars in cash strikes me as both fantastically wonderful and absolutely terrifying at the same time. #DeleteYourSocialMedia
Rated 25 Jan 2019
70
49th
Straightforward retelling of what happened, but never quite draws a conclusion beyond what everybody already knows. It also never quite explains how exactly McFarland was able to sell himself well enough to dupe so many people, probably because this is all coming from people who were themselves duped by him. But still, this is guaranteed to be entertaining simply by the hilarity of the events documented. McFarland's urge to film his scam as he's being charged for another scam is mind-boggling.
Rated 08 Feb 2019
0
0th
Why did I give this a zero? It can't be that bad, right? Well, as a film product it's fine. Nothing special either, but certainly serviceable. However, I can't abide the film's disgusting attempt to ignore the fact that the executive producers of this doc are the same people who marketed Fyre Fest to the world. The documentary never discloses that fact. It's intentional bias and whitewashing: two things a documentary should never, ever have. It gets a big, fat zero.
Rated 22 Jan 2019
71
78th
An amazing firework display of idiots in all shapes and sizes. Also a rather fine tale of fake news, social media and influencers.
Rated 20 Apr 2019
60
70th
A pleasant surprise. Nicely paced and not overlong / tedious (which is the downfall of several Netflix original docs). It's effective use of excellent Reznor / Ross pieces doesn't hurt it, either.
Rated 23 Jan 2019
69
25th
Pretty interesting behind the scenes look at a catastrophic failure/scam in the age of social media. It doesn't really feel like it tells a whole story or draws any particularly noteworthy conclusions, though.
Rated 24 Jan 2019
73
46th
How can it be a great party if everyone who goes is an asshole?
Rated 24 Jan 2019
3
45th
It's amusing to watch this shit show unfold, to see charlatans receive their comeuppance, and to see some of the incredulity on these faces as they recount not believing how any of this could even happen. It's also a little sad to ponder the wake of havoc left behind, even if many of the victims in this case are just lesser-tiered yuppies (then again many are not), and that this sort of plutocracy is absolutely encouraged and enabled by economic practices and social media trends.
Rated 29 Jan 2019
68
63rd
Solid documentary told in a compelling style. I can't believe I missed all coverage of this so this was even more horrifying.
Rated 30 Jan 2019
45
46th
worth a watch
Rated 15 Mar 2019
52
42nd
I remember reading something about it on Pitchfork when it happened. I find all this modern social marketing and startup outputting in a way that I wished I could see everyone who appeared in this documentary punched in a dick. [Expletive] influencers and hash tags and their wet dreams of yachts. It's pleasure to see such people getting touch of reality, but it didn't feel that exciting of a story. It's clear from the start that none of the rich kids got mauled by grizzlies, so no intrigue.
Rated 19 Mar 2019
60
51st
This story is truly stranger than fiction. Could've been more in-depth with a larger focus on what kinda person Billy is (like where he came from and what compelled him to go to such extremes), but it's still an entertaining documentary without these details.
Rated 26 Mar 2019
83
73rd
I was brimming with schadenfreude
Rated 10 Aug 2020
67
52nd
Fake it til you make it, then when you don't make it, go to prison.
Rated 23 Jan 2019
85
40th
A good look behind the scenes of fyre festival. Do wish they had an interview with Billy on this one though.
Rated 24 Jan 2019
70
30th
The Hulu one is much better. (And not produced by the assholes)
Rated 24 Jan 2019
60
33rd
watching this is the best i've felt being poor
Rated 24 Jan 2019
68
55th
You're watching a 90 minute train wreck, and you can't look away. It's sort of an inevitable event arising from the peak of Instagram culture, where marketing is perfected but there's a complete failure to actually produce a viable product.
Rated 25 Jan 2019
90
65th
This was really fun to watch. its pretty amazing how much money you can blow through in a couple months. This man was a surefire con artist. he un-apologetically ruined many peoples lives in the process of trying to create a lucrative festival. this is why preparation matters. if he had been more prepared and coordinated, he would've pulled this off. poor ja rule. he just wanted to have a fun party guys :(
Rated 28 Jan 2019
20
4th
What? A bunch of rich people got ripped off with an incredible stupid scheme with a very flashy marketing campaign… meh, nothing really interesting here. The contractors in The Bahamas had a really hard time, but that shows you that you should never do work for shady people, no matter how much they can promise you.
Rated 30 Jan 2019
67
29th
Not sure why but I watched both documentaries on this subject. This is the weaker of the two and therefore has little value
Rated 02 Feb 2019
60
43rd
I didn't think there was anything too special about the film itself - it kind of just presented everything pretty matter-of-factly. But the subject is pretty fascinating - like watching a slow unavoidable train wreck. I don't really have anything else to say about it, except that I recommend it.
Rated 02 Feb 2019
65
47th
A lot of talking heads, but still fascinating to watch this train wreck in the making. Could have been a bit less about Billy McFarland and a bit more about what this says about all the people who wanted to go to this festival.
Rated 03 Feb 2019
60
62nd
I can't believe I didn't hear about the Fyre Festival at the time, but maybe it just means I wasn't the target audience which were rich kids and wannabes. Most of the people featured were complicit but clearly trying to distant themselves from Billy. Yoga instructor at least seemed remorseful. Glad to see Billy ended up in prison, though I suppose you get prosecuted when you defraud rich people. I had extremely minimal sympathy for the "influencers." Fav scene: "turn this bus around!"
Rated 10 Feb 2019
40
39th
Hard work and misplaced loyalty enabling incompetent management? This documentary explains the class system! It's produced by the company that promoted the festival so this movie is in part a PR exercise for themselves, but I suppose this makes its angle clearer than most documentaries.
Rated 14 Feb 2019
1
11th
Jump to the bottom. JacoIII best explains why this film is a complete failure--though it should be very obvious from the get-go that this film was created with the same pomp that created the film's subject, seemingly in some pathetic attempt to save face or compensate for those involved. Though well filmed, the documentary is about as entertaining and sympathetic as its premise. Unless you follow one of the Kardashians on Instagram, you'll likely just just find this film insufferable.
Rated 14 Feb 2019
7
65th
Its has interesting content and is executed well. Not much else to say but a good meme came out of it.
Rated 02 Mar 2019
65
54th
1st film of 2019.
Rated 25 Mar 2019
72
40th
B
Rated 15 Apr 2019
50
12th
Does a serviceable job covering how this disaster of an event became full blown PR nightmare. It's a little bit disingenuous in that the people who helped produce this are some of the responsible parties for this luxurious fraudulent disaster (fuckjerry).
Rated 26 Apr 2019
50
23rd
Shit flopped and now everybody fancies themselves a damn whistleblower. This is only slightly more interesting than a Kickstarter campaign gone ghost mode. Investors losing money on stupid bets. Rich people getting annoyed and poor people getting screwed over a month's wage. Free market, yay!
Rated 21 Jul 2019
73
60th
If Ja Rule wants to see the pigs, Ja Rule will fucking see the pigs
Rated 27 Nov 2019
17
7th
Shallow.
Rated 20 Feb 2020
60
40th
What a shit storm, the documentary is decent, but doesn't go too in depth into why all these people gave their full trust in someone. But the story, man o man..
Rated 21 Feb 2020
55
59th
(FYNE)
Rated 20 May 2020
70
88th
I'd read all about this fiasco when it happened, but it's still good to hear it from the horses' mouths - especially when the major question hanging over everything was "How the fuck did they let it get this far??" We find out, and get an insight into the nightmare world of entrepreneurs in over their heads. It's interesting to hear what happened with McFarland after the event, and the other scams he'd been running, but equal criticism of Ja Rule's role is conspicuous by its absence.
Rated 17 Apr 2021
100
86th
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Rated 18 Aug 2021
65
68th
This is the better of the two Fyre Festival documentaries. I loved being able to see the behind-the-scenes planning and how it all slowly unraveled because no one involved had a clue. This is less pointing and laughing (the Hulu version) and more giving the guilty people enough rope to hang themselves.
Rated 13 Oct 2021
65
45th
Slick and entertaining but sorely lacking in both analysis and basic reporting (see the Hulu doc), surely owing in some significant part to the film originating with Jerry Media themselves. In other words, just another con. Though I may or may not have teared up at the one lady's tearing up. Which only underlines the strength and strategy of the con.
Rated 09 Mar 2022
55
37th
Entertainment: 3. Spirit: 0.5. Sustainability: 1. Family: 1
Rated 11 Jul 2022
75
56th
Well built documentary about a modern disaster. Not sure if even Billy had bad intentions, he just couldn't help himself.
Rated 28 Jan 2023
60
54th
Sure, Billy McFarland is a piece of shit, but his conduct is just a symptom of the moral bankruptcy of our global society. Smith does well to not lead the viewer by the nose, but rather lets the 'perpetrators' and 'victims' speak for themselves. However, Jerry Media, who were responsible for the advertising for the failed festival, are also the producers of this film, and as such they do their best to paint others as the villains (and not themselves).

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