Movie Review - Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere

Director: Adrian Choa
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 91 minutes
Year: 2026
Starring: Louis Theroux, Harrison Sullivan, Ed Matthews, Myron Gaines, Justin Waller
 
Description: The acclaimed documentarian gains rare, unrestricted access to explore a rising ultra-masculine network and its polarizing influencers.
 
Review: Louis Theroux is back with his signature style of modest curiosity in the Netflix documentary “Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere”. In this 90-minute film, he delves into the online world of “manfluencers” – an ecosystem of influencers who spread radical ideas about masculinity, wealth, and gender relations.

Theroux gains impressive access to key figures such as Harrison Sullivan (HSTikkyTokky), Sneaky and Myron Gaines. It’s fascinating to see how he sometimes abandons his uninformed demeanor to confront their controversial statement more directly than usual.

The documentary painfully exposes how this movement often functions as a revenue model, monetizing the insecurities of young men. The film serves as a necessity that shows how deeply anti-Semitism and misogyny are rooted in these subcultures.

If you have been following the news in recent years, the documentary offers few new insights. Many critics note that Theroux is a bit “late to the part’, since this topic has been covered extensively. The analysis sometimes remains superficial. Even though the documentary is very critical if this online culture of toxic masculinity, Theroux holds back.

“Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere” is a solid, unsettling documentary that every parent of a teenage son should really see. It’s a masterclass from Theroux, but it doesn’t dig deep enough and stays too much on the surface.

Rating: 3,5/ 5