The four-hour-long Elon Musk documentary might be preaching to the choir

<figure> <img alt="A still image from the documentary Musk." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Bleecker Street " data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/09/MUSK-_-Still-2-Credit_-Ken-Cedenoupi-UPI-Alamy-News.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It makes sense that <em>Musk</em> is a long film. The latest from Alex Gibney, who has previously directed documentaries about <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/25/18197713/the-inventor-review-theranos-scandal-silicon-valley-startup-elizabeth-holmes-fraud-sundance-2019">Theranos</a> and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/4/9261459/steve-jobs-the-man-in-the-machine-movie-director-alex-gibney-interview">Steve Jobs</a>, is an impressively thorough retelling of the story of Elon Musk, from his early days as a dot-com millionaire to "<a href="https://www.theverge.com/politics/605609/musk-trump-doge-takeover-crisis">taking a wood chipper</a>" to vital US government departments. In order to understand Musk's rise to power, you need to know the whole story. <em>Musk </em>tells it compellingly and convincingly, but doesn't offer much in the way of revelations if you're aware of Musk's catastrophic influence on the world. For everyone else, a demanding runtime just shy of four hours might prove too much of a barrier t …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/entertainment/994596/musk-documentary-review-tiff-2026">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>