Portrait of basketball player Lamar Odom who ended up in the hospital after several days partying in a brothel outside of Las Vegas. Its told by his friends, family and the man himsef, who is still here despite multiple strokes and heart attacks.
Less a sports doc then a portrait of the man himself, this edition to the UNTOLD series is a return to the high quality of the first seasons. This is a candid look as a nice guy who was and is more interested in partying and getting laid. It's portrait that reveals Odom as an interesting dude who can turn off sections of of his life at will. For example he has largely ignored his kids and exes as they tell us in no uncertain terms. You have to to give points to Odom for being part of this film when it makes it very clear that is basically is a terrible person to be involved with as anything other than a party pal.
I went from thinking the film was just going to be a kind of puff piece to being shocked that Odom was allowing the filmmakers to show him in a terrible light. Somehere around the half hour mark I was locked and loaded, un moving from the train wreck on screen. I shouldn't have been surprised since the producers of UNTOLD have made a great series of films that hold nothing back and reveal heroes to be jerks.
A very good doc, this is a film that will curl your hair at the ability of one body to stand up to so much abuse.
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