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Four reasons not to watch...
Why this "documentary" sucks and is not even worth watching for free:
1. The soundtrack is seriously off. That makes the film uncomfortable to watch. It's not a little off -- the soundtrack is very much off.
2. There are no genuine interviews with Lin Manuel Miranda, any of the cast, the author of Hamilton's biography, or anyone actually involved with the play. All the interviews are with theater critics and historians that I've never heard of, giving me information I already knew. All the footage of Lin Manuel Miranda and the Broadway cast is taken from the internet, with "clips" of other interviews. But no original interviews.
3. Some of the people who were interviewed are wrong, or just opinionated. One of the theater critics went as far as to say that Miranda should "graduate" from Hip-Hop to musical numbers in his next creative work. One of the historians mischaracterized the relationship between Hamilton and Burr.
4. No music! No Music! This is a documentary about the most successful and relevant musical production in a decade. Yet none of the music is performed. They could have shown at least a little. All we see are the snippets that are readily available on the internet.
So clearly, this is an unauthorized documentary, that couldn't make use of any copyrighted material. It's not worth your time.
April 2018 · Movies and TV · verified purchase