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At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal

HBO Max

2019

Erin Lee Carr

Documentary

6.8

285

Documentary In 2016, USA Gymnastics was rocked by the revelation that national team doctor Larry Nassar had been abusing young athletes for decades. The documentary unpacks the scandal, its cover-up, and aftermath, while giving voice to the survivors.

	Author	Review
United States	Nick Schager Variety	"[It] will undoubtedly bring many viewers to tears (...) [The] newly recorded commentary (...) gives 'At the Heart of Gold' its gut-punching potency."	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"[Erin Lee Carr] methodically details Nassar's actions (...) By turning the documentary into such a powerful forum for the resolve and resilience of these young women, Carr, in filmmaking terms, really sticks the landing"	POS
United States	Keith Uhlich The Hollywood Reporter	"Empowering in ways both profound and trivial (...) There are times when it would be preferable to sit more exhaustively with the testimony of the women who were molested"	NEU
United States	John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"[It] suggests someone coming toward you with a spoonful of particularly ghastly medicine. But the benefits outweigh the few unsavory side effects of this largely first-rate documentary"	POS
United States	Robert Abele Los Angeles Times	"A compellingly woven true-crime primer that serves both the gist of what happened while exploding your consciousness over what needs to be done in the future."	POS

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