{"id":338928,"date":"2025-12-28T08:39:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/338928\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T08:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T08:39:15","slug":"masterpiece-netflix-political-doc-hailed-most-important-film-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/338928\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Masterpiece’ Netflix political doc hailed ‘most important film of the year’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Netflix has just dropped a political thriller that fans claim is an ‘absolute must see’<\/p>\n

19:43, 27 Dec 2025Updated 20:37, 27 Dec 2025<\/p>\n

\"'Wild'Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh dives into his biggest stories in Cover-Up (Image: Netflix )<\/p>\n

Netflix viewers have been urged to tune into a new documentary<\/a> that has been dubbed ‘the most important film of the year’.<\/p>\n

Cover-Up landed on the streaming platform<\/a> on Boxing Day, competing with the likes of Stranger Things<\/a> season five, and it has quickly caught viewers’ attention.<\/p>\n

The documentary is just under two hours long, with every second focusing on Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh.<\/p>\n

The 88-year-old American journalist was a key figure in exposing government cover-ups during his heyday.<\/p>\n

Netflix’s synopsis states: “Cover-Up is a political thriller that traces the explosive career of Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh.<\/p>\n

“Urgent and deeply reported, Cover-Up is both a portrait of a relentless journalist and an indictment of institutional violence \u2014 revealing a cycle of impunity in the U.S. military and intelligence agencies.”<\/p>\n

\"SeymourThe documentary largely covers Seymour Hersh’s reports on the My Lai massacre (Image: Netflix )<\/p>\n

It adds: “Drawing on exclusive access to Hersh\u2019s notes, and interweaving primary documents and archival footage, Cover-Up captures the power and process of investigative journalism.”<\/p>\n

The film was directed by famed documentarian Laura Poitras who won an Oscar for her 2014 film, Citizenfour<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Hersh himself leads this deep-dive on his career, narrating the truth behind some of his biggest stories. The film largely covers his investigation and reports on the 1968 My Lai massacre<\/a>, in which US soldiers murdered hundreds of civilians in Vietnam.<\/p>\n

The reporter looks back on how he stumbled upon the government cover-up and reveals how covering the devastating story impacted him.<\/p>\n

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Sky is giving away a free Netflix subscription with its new Sky Stream TV bundles, including the \u00a315 Essential TV plan.<\/p>\n

This lets members watch live and on-demand TV content without a satellite dish or aerial and includes hit shows like Stranger Things and The Last of Us.<\/p>\n

Following its premiere, Cover-Up has received a stellar 100% Rotten Tomatoes score from 41 reviews.<\/p>\n

The Arts Desk shared a glowing five-star rating, but offered viewers a stern warning.<\/p>\n

They wrote: “Anybody interested in the history of modern America needs to check out this documentary, though a strong stomach may be needed.”<\/p>\n

\"SeymourIt has been hailed as the best documentary of the year(Image: Netflix )<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, social media users have been raving about the ‘masterpiece’ documentary.<\/p>\n

One wrote on X, formerly Twitter: “Please everyone watch this,” someone else dubbed it as the “most important film of the year.”<\/p>\n

A third fan shared: “The best documentary of the year, the pure masterpiece, absolute must see !!!”<\/p>\n

And another viewer chimed in: “One of the best documentaries of the year, COVER-UP, is now streaming on @netflix!”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, others pointed out one flaw with the documentary. “It was good but needed to be an hour longer lol,” penned one.<\/p>\n

Cover-Up is streaming now on Netflix.<\/p>\n

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