The Truth About Jussie Smollett? – Movie Review
First Reaction – The Truth About Jussie Smollett? Explores the case, but never really gives us any answers.
Watch The Truth About Jussie Smollett? On Netflix now.
Director: Gagan Rehill
Plot: Features Smollett interview plus talks with police, lawyers and investigators claiming new case evidence. Viewers can judge who’s telling the truth about the Jussie Smollett case.
Runtime: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Verdict on The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
Recap
The documentary explores the incident where Jussie Smollett reports a hate crime on a snowy Chicago night. However, not everything added up in the police report and people question the original story. The documentary follows the case, how the police tackle the case and how Jussie maintained his story.
Best Parts
This documentary shows the interesting case about a gay black actor who claimed to be a victim of a hate crime. It follows his story, the police investigation and the tension raised because of the claim. This explores the racial tension, incidents and problems when trying to solve a case. It shows the complicated moments around the crime, different reactions to the events.
Worst Parts
The biggest problem is we have never learnt the truth, everyone involved has their own account they believe to be true. Meanwhile, the biggest question mark is left over how people see the image of suspects.
Final Thoughts – The Truth About Jussie Smollett? Is interesting, but remains unsolved.
2 replies on “The Truth About Jussie Smollett? (2025) Movie Review”
The truth is that two people showed premeditation by taking multiple hired vehicles to get to a specific location that had no cameras to catch the crime and they brought a rope that had already been tied into a noose; while they happened to catch a famous actor who flew in just that morning 1:45am and decided to go look for food at 2am when it was freezing and everything is closed. The fact that this plan to jump Jussie hung on him not picking up anything to eat on the way home from the airport, having anything to eat at home, or just wanting to go to sleep after a long flight makes this look so ridiculous that you don’t have to be a trained investigator to know this was BS.
true, but i only reviewed what they showed me. not a personal opinion about the case.