The Man with 1000 Kids
2024 · Miniseries · TV-MA · ★ 6.6 · 68% critics
A group of families discover that a charismatic sperm donor they trusted may have fathered hundreds, possibly thousands, of children worldwide. As they compare stories, they confront the emotional fallout and the troubling gaps in oversight that allowed one person to exploit a loosely regulated system across borders.
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Streaming on Netflix.
2 hours to watch · 3 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2024
- Release date
- 2024-07-03
- Network
- Netflix
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 68/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (33 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like controversial, conversation-starting docuseries about real-world systems failing people; Not for you if you dislike upsetting subject matter, moral debates, or stories that can feel repetitive and infuriating.
Pros: gripping real-life story; raises ethical questions; unsettling, memorable moments | Cons: repetitive middle stretch; slow start for some; polarizing viewpoints
Themes
- unknown father
- sperm donor
- founding fathers
- search for father
- social serial
- observational documentary
- documentary
Cast & crew
- JM
Jonathan Meijer
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Josh Allott
Episodes1 season · 3 episodes
Season 13 episodes
- S1E1Episode 144mNetflix
- S1E2Episode 241mNetflix
- S1E3Episode 342mNetflix