Totally Under Control

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Totally Under Control

2020,

2h 3m,

Documentary

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Public health officials discuss the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Critics Consensus

Totally Under Control does a commendable job of distilling current events into a clear-eyed overview that's as engaging as it is enraging.

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Sam Adams

Slate

Feb 7, 2021

This isn't the story of an inevitable tragedy. It's the story of a disaster that everyone saw coming and let happen anyway.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

Feb 7, 2021

3.5/4

This is about as timely as a documentary can be, and yet it's already in need of an update.

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

Feb 7, 2021

It takes a village to burn itself to the ground, and no one is better at contextualizing such huge events, and structuring the information into a clear and transparent narrative, than documentarian Alex Gibney.

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Patrick Beatty

ABC4 Utah

Jul 23, 2025

If you’ve been wondering, “Where are we now? How did we get here?” in terms of the pandemic, this documentary walks through that.

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Geoffrey Macnab

iNews.co.uk

Jan 16, 2025

4/5

What gives the film its power is the mounting disbelief of the talking heads at the way the Trump White House ignores scientists and basic common sense.

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Amy Smith

InSession Film

Mar 1, 2024

In terms of COVID-19 documentaries I have seen so far, this one is the strongest. It has a clear focus and message, and it does a great job at getting that message across the screen.

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Alex Gibney

Director

Ophelia Harutyunyan

Director

Suzanne Hillinger

Director

Alex Gibney

Narrator

Taison Bell

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Michael Bowen

Actor

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Synopsis

Public health officials discuss the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Director: Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger
Producer: Alex Gibney, Ophelia Harutyunyan, Suzanne Hillinger
Screenwriter: Alex Gibney
Production Co: Yellow Bear Films, Jigsaw Productions, Play/Action Pictures, Participant
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 13, 2020
Runtime: 2h 3m

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