Athlete A

2020 105 min ★ 7.5 Documentary

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

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Cast

Maggie Nichols

Self - Gymnast

Jamie Dantzscher

Self

Mark Alesia

Self - Investigations Reporter, The Indianapolis Star

Rachael Denhollander

Self

Géza Poszar

Self - Karolyi Choreographer

Tracee Talavera

Self - USA Olympic Team 1984

Jennifer Sey

Self

Details

Director

Bonni Cohen

Tagline

"Was winning worth the cost?"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Actual Films, Artemis Rising, Impact Partners, Chicago Media Project

Reviews

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SierraKiloBravo

July 6, 2020

★ 10/10

Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/2tJNodcM1ws If you've watched or listened to enough of my work, you'll know that I have a love of sports like gymnastics, ice skating, and cheering. The gymnastics world was rocked a few years ago when news broke of a sexual abuse scandal within the USA Gymnastics organisation. The Netflix documentary _Athlete A_ takes a look at th...

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rsanek

October 7, 2022

★ 7/10

I missed the news stories regarding this when it came out so much of this was unknown to me. Truly wild how much damage one individual can do. Props to the women in this film for creating full lives even given that history, and for being brave enough to come forward to bring this guy to justice.