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Fyre

2019 · Movie · 98 min

7.0(1,007)unSUB Rating

Documentary

Promising a glamorous music festival with high-end island luxury, the organizers instead deliver tents and basic food. This documentary tracks how a persuasive pitch, questionable execution, and mounting confusion spiraled into a public disaster for customers, vendors, and employees.

Also known as Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened

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Streaming on Netflix.

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Details
Years
2019
Release date
2019-01-18
Language
English
Runtime
98 min
Max quality
HD
TMDB rating (input)
6.9/10 (1,007 votes)
About

You’ll like this if you enjoy fast, alarming true-story exposés about hype going wrong and social-media-fueled trust; Not for you if you want a deep, critical breakdown of the human cost, like Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond or Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me.

Pros: incredibly compelling; jaw-dropping wtf moments; entertaining and informative | Cons: commentary feels surface-level; human cost underexamined; frustratingly familiar

Themes

  • fraud
  • based on true story
  • music festival
  • lawsuit
  • disaster
  • fake trailer
  • observational documentary
  • fyre
  • fake advertisement

Cast & crew

  • BM

    Billy McFarland

    as Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)

  • Ja Rule

    Ja Rule

    as Self - Fyre Co-Founder (archive footage)

  • JB

    Jason Bell

    as Self - Former NFL Player (archive footage)

  • GB

    Gabrielle Bluestone

    as Self - Journalist, Vice News

  • SD

    Shiyuan Deng

    as Self - Product Designer

  • MC

    Michael Ciccarelli

    as Self - Software Engineer

  • ML

    Mdavid Low

    as Self - Fyre Creative Director

  • SK

    Samuel Krost

    as Self - Fyre Media

  • AK

    Andy King

    as Self - Event Producer

  • J.

    J.R.

    as Self - Former Fyre Employee

Directed by Chris Smith