Why so much hype?

The acting in this movie is really good.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

I've only seen the first two (VW & Payday Loans) but it's become obvious that although they are very entertaining....they are not providing ALL the facts in these stories. Scott Tucker was painted in a sympathetic light with his kid and wife seeking sympathy from what the evil government did to them and what an honest man Scott is. NO mentioned whatsoever that he had served jail time previously. He had a previous bogus loan scheme previously where he took money from businesses. He plead guilty to two felonies of mail fraud and making a false statement to a bank. Yeah he lied about collateral for a loan because he had sol the car and no longer owned it.Come on Netflix! Do a documentary right! Or did he pay these producers too??

A well intensioned documentary series from Netflix and I hope there are more to come. Unfortunately the six programs suffer from the usual docu problem that the subject matter frequently doesn't provide any meaningful visual material to back up the voiceover narration so the makers go for a stream of news clips or stock footage.The best, for me, was the one on Donald Trump (Confidence man) and though the first half or so was the predictable collection of talking heads (mainly the excellent author Timothy O'Brien) and loads of Trump clips it got better to reveal his business misjudgements and nicely clips of him saying his new venture would be the biggest and best which turned out to be the complete opposite of what he had predicted.Of the other five programs the Canadian maple syrup heist was the least satisfactory, clearly a problem for the maple syrup producers in Quebec but not that important for anyone elsewhere. Payday loans, drug price-gouging by big pharma and the VW emissions scandal are great stories that are relevant to most folk. The VW program had the most dreadful background music as if my TV was tuned into some other channel at the same time, in fact I found the music in all the programs far too loud and why was it needed anyway?If Netflix continue with the series I would like to see tighter story lines and production, if the subject matter is that strong why not just let those who know all about it just tell to the camera, forget the excessive clips and loud music.

It might have hurt some people sentimental specially episode 1 and confidence man. Which i see clearly from the review. Some people can't accept facts and criticism. Everything gets personal. Why watch a documenty. Why dont you watch some movie? I have seen the complete show and loved every episode except maple syrup. Must watch Bank cartel episode.. Banks lobbying exposed which has resulted in Blood (Mexico). I would suggest people who wants to watch; watch with open mind... go for it.. this is for youWatch every episode without reservation :)

Yeah, definitely worth the watch - so definitely watch it. Looking forward to the DT episode.