Fyre

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Yana S @RT57263496 Jun 24 Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened completely shocked me. I’m not usually a fan of documentaries, but this one had me hooked from start to finish. It felt less like a documentary and more like watching a train wreck in slow motion — you know what’s coming, but you still can’t look away. What fascinated me most was Billy McFarland. Part of me thinks he genuinely wanted to create something extraordinary, yet his recklessness was unbelievable. The gap between what was promised and what people actually received was insane. I spent the entire film feeling stressed, frustrated, and honestly amazed that everything kept getting worse. The ending was the biggest shock of all. After everything that happened, he was released on bail and somehow ended up committing fraud again. I genuinely couldn’t believe it. A fascinating, stressful, and unforgettable watch that completely changed my opinion of documentaries. 4,5/5 See more Matthew R @RT52830269 Feb 1 Its terrible how some people get their lives thrown in upheaval because $50k means more to them than $25m means to the idiot whole only got 6 years in jail. The little folks will be impacted by this much longer than Billy McFarland did. I hope he is flipping burgers at McDonalds one day for minimum wage. See more Lariste L @RT70611960 Oct 4 Well made documentary! Much like the situation in Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room, there's a certain kind of American businessperson that's essentially just a scam artist, but highly ambitious and ultimately charged and jailed. The Fyre documentary is also about vacuous "influencer" and festival culture. While a few legit celebs are "on board" with the launch of Fyre, the story mostly focuses on the rather slimy, rather anonymous and very "big thinking" scam artist Billy McFarland, who plans to launch a money-spinning booking app by having an "Elite Music Festival" in the Bahamas. Supposedly high traffic influencers, celebrities, music industry types and, um, rich kids (mostly) were expected to hand over literally millions to attend a squalid, flat campsite thrown together by (unpaid) labor. The festival that eventuates looks more like a humanitarian aid camp of some sort, although there's some great local scenery and a few nice beachside venues to visit. The botched "Luxury Festival" ends up being several notches lower than the cheapest backpacker holiday, except with a clunky stage blasting DJ noise, various bands cancelling last minute also. What's interesting about the film is that it appears to be a catastrophe of poor planning, but is actually more just common wire fraud. So-called "businessman" Billy McFarland has a nasty history of fake accounting, fake claims, fake promises etc. Worth seeing! There's an element of amusement watching the ridiculously overpriced festival collapse, and pathos as various staffers and planners lose money by the bucketload. See more THE NASHVILLE I @Nshvlleindie 06/11/2025 Not necessarily untruthful, but Fyre's production by the ad company that helped make Fyre fest to begin with, makes this documentary somewhat problematic. While Huly got the jump on Netflix by getting direct sources (such as the founder) on record, Netflix basically had to go the other way and spike the entertinment factor. Therefore it feels somewhat forced at times, but it's still a decent documentary. See more David W @RT91245001 11/10/2023 Fyre offers an entertaining and intriguing look into one of the 2010s' most notorious events. As a film, Fyre is engrossing. As a documentary, it elevates awareness of the event and brings the personal cost to normal, working class vendors and influencers to light. I would definitely watch this again. See more Gareth v @geewah 06/22/2023 A good doco on the mess that was the Fyre festival. Did have a good chuckle about some of the people getting scammed by a post from a C grade celebrity on instagram though. See more Read all reviews

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