In the grand tradition of versus movies like last years Lakota Nation vs United States, or more comically lined up entries like Godzilla Vs Kong, Freddy Vs Jason, Ecks Vs Sever, or Joe Vs The Volcano, now we have another battle. Though, much like if Joe were to actually be fighting a real volcano, there is a clear winner here and it isn’t Alex Jones. This MAX documentary with audio description from Zoo Digital.I’m sure that if you are here, you already have an opinion, and you have already made up your mind if this is in your wheel house or not. I could praise the film, or trash it, and no matter which way I go, it will seem skewed politically because of the presence of the man in the title.

The film does focus on Jones, who made a career out of essentially being an influencer. He’s bamboozled many into thinking that he’s not just an influencer, but a serious journalist, but if you really look at what he’s done, and doing, he’s one of the most successful influencers. his net worth is something absurdly high for an influencer, and he has so much clout with his fan base that when a school shooting happened at Sandy Hook elementary, he convinced his fans that the kids didn’t exist and their parents were crisis actors, launching the lives of the victims parents into constant turmoil. Finally, the parents of sandy hook had enough, and they decided to sue Alex Jones. Thus, this documentary is born.

there is a beginning, middle, and end to this. Jones does not participate but is in a lot of the footage. Many of the people who do participate are either the parents, or other people who were around at the time of Sandy hook and saw the aftermath first hand. It’s broken down in great detail, with a lot of people coming in to offer color commentary. By the time we get to the trial parts, it’s easy to feel where this is headed, because this documentary has tried to make this as clear as possible. It is fully aware that people out there still likely believe what they were told, and that may never change. But, by God, they are going to try and show you as much as possible.

I thought this was a terrific documentary, and in terms of audio description, it fell into the sufficient zone. Documentaries can be one of the hardest things to actually describe, as they often bounce from one talking head to another, not always giving time to acknowledge who is speaking. that information is always so integral, not just for continuity, but understanding why this person’s opinion matters enough to be in the film, and isn’t just some random guy from the street.

Last year, I liked a documentary that had a politically charged angle to it, and I got backlash for it. This year, here’s another one destined to be in at least my Top 10 documentaries of the year. It is early, but I don’t think I’ll see 10 documentaries that speak to me quite the way this did.

Final Grade: A