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Documentary Now!

2015
Comedy
TV Series
Documentary Now parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format. (imdb)
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Writers:

Seth Meyers
Seth-Meyers
13 total credits
Credits include: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Village of the Damned, I Don't Know How She Does It, Documentary Now! and Late Night with Seth Meyers
,
Fred Armisen
Fred-Armisen
86 total credits
Credits include: Eurotrip, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Mitchells vs the Machines, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Battle of the Sexes
,
Bill Hader
Bill-Hader
64 total credits
Credits include: Superbad, Tropic Thunder, Her, Inside Out and Forgetting Sarah Marshall
,
Rhys Thomas
Rhys-Thomas
25 total credits
Credits include: Hawkeye, John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid, Documentary Now!, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch and Staten Island Summer

Starring:

Helen Mirren
Helen-Mirren
129 total credits
Dame Helen Mirren was born to an English mother and an exiled Russian aristocrat in Chiswick, London. She has made her name on both stage and screen, and is the only person to portray both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II (a 2006 role for which she is an Oscar front-runner).
,
Fred Armisen
Fred-Armisen
86 total credits
Credits include: Eurotrip, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Mitchells vs the Machines, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Battle of the Sexes
,
Bill Hader
Bill-Hader
64 total credits
Credits include: Superbad, Tropic Thunder, Her, Inside Out and Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Genre:

Comedy

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Documentary Now!

2015
Comedy
TV Series
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Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 65.92%
25 May 2020
57
81st
I love the idea, and I'm amazed at how accurately they replicate certain aspects of the documentaries they're spoofing. (The humor scale varies though) If you're like me, there will be a lot of episodes that you have to hold off on until you watch the real documentary first. From what I've seen, they veer off course enough that it's spoiler free, but I want to be in on all of the jokes.
17 Jul 2018
69
73rd
A few misses, but most of the episodes are hilarious spoofs of particular documentaries or genres.
18 Dec 2017
80
89th
always at least somewhat entertaining, and the best episodes are hysterical. The Eye Doesn't Lie and Mr. Runner-Up, in particular, are sublime
14 Oct 2015
55
28th
The quality varies so enormously that it's difficult to rate (or recommend), but anyone who likes The Thin Blue Line should absolutely see "The Eye Doesn't Lie" -- it shows utmost respect for the material and is clearly made by people who appreciate and understand it, but the satire is utterly on point, with Armisen doing the funniest character I've seen him do, and with just preposterously good jokes that all somehow fit perfectly within the rigid Errol Morris style. Co-written by John Mulaney!
16 Dec 2022
68
68th
Hard to rate because the quality really varies between episodes.
17 Oct 2017
65
71st
If ah was his lawyer, ah would've said, "cööl it with the chocolates."
19 Feb 2017
82
91st
Just straight up hilarious. Even though I haven't seen all of the source material that this parodies, it's really brilliant. The first episode is pretty weak, but all the rest are great. The Thin Blue Line and the Vice parodies are stand outs (and I haven't even seen the Thin Blue Line yet). Where you have seen the source material, it's even stronger.
Documentary Now! - Season 1
Season 1 - Documentary Now parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format. (imdb)
Documentary Now! - Season 2
Season 2 - Documentary Now parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format. (imdb)
Documentary Now! - Season 3
Season 3 - Documentary Now parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format. (imdb)
Documentary Now! - Season 4
Season 4 - Documentary Now parodies the current obsession with documentaries. Season one features six different stories and stylistic approaches paying tribute to the doc format. (imdb)

Cast & Info

Writers:

Seth Meyers
Seth-Meyers
13 total credits
Credits include: Journey to the Center of the Earth, Village of the Damned, I Don't Know How She Does It, Documentary Now! and Late Night with Seth Meyers
,
Fred Armisen
Fred-Armisen
86 total credits
Credits include: Eurotrip, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Mitchells vs the Machines, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Battle of the Sexes
,
Bill Hader
Bill-Hader
64 total credits
Credits include: Superbad, Tropic Thunder, Her, Inside Out and Forgetting Sarah Marshall
,
Rhys Thomas
Rhys-Thomas
25 total credits
Credits include: Hawkeye, John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid, Documentary Now!, John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch and Staten Island Summer

Starring:

Helen Mirren
Helen-Mirren
129 total credits
Dame Helen Mirren was born to an English mother and an exiled Russian aristocrat in Chiswick, London. She has made her name on both stage and screen, and is the only person to portray both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II (a 2006 role for which she is an Oscar front-runner).
,
Fred Armisen
Fred-Armisen
86 total credits
Credits include: Eurotrip, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, The Mitchells vs the Machines, Confessions of a Shopaholic and Battle of the Sexes
,
Bill Hader
Bill-Hader
64 total credits
Credits include: Superbad, Tropic Thunder, Her, Inside Out and Forgetting Sarah Marshall

Genre:

Comedy

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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