Alex Gibney's new four-hour documentary "Musk" offers an exhaustive chronicle of Elon Musk's rise from dot-com millionaire to a figure wielding vast influence over US institutions, but a Verge review from the Toronto International Film Festival suggests it may struggle to change minds. The film methodically traces how Musk built his public mythology and accumulated power through Tesla, X, SpaceX and Starlink, using that leverage to embed himself in government. For viewers already critical of Musk, the reviewer found little new insight, raising questions about whether its demanding length will reach the audiences who need convincing most.

Musk declined to participate and reportedly sent Gibney a legal threat, so the film instead uses a digital avatar lip-syncing his actual recorded words, alongside video-game-style imagery to dramatise events such as his dismantling of Twitter and government departments. Interviewees include Ashley St Clair, mother of one of Musk's children, who calls him "a nuke." The documentary runs nearly four hours with a ten-minute intermission, and the review notes that while it clearly lays out how Musk accrued unchecked power, its runtime could deter the very fans who "intentionally ignore" the more troubling aspects of his story.