7.9
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Documentary • 2026 • 87 min
André Is an Idiot (2026)
André Is an Idiot (2026)
Overview
André Is an Idiot is a documentary directed by Tony Benna following André Ricciardi, an irreverent man who receives a terminal cancer diagnosis and navigates the experience with humor. Ricciardi stars alongside executive producer Lee Einhorn. The film premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Audience Award, and was released by A24.
Starring Cast
Lee Einhorn • André Ricciardi
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Viewer Rating
7.9
Overview
André Is an Idiot is a documentary directed by Tony Benna following André Ricciardi, an irreverent man who receives a terminal cancer diagnosis and navigates the experience with humor. Ricciardi stars alongside executive producer Lee Einhorn. The film premiered in the U.S. Documentary Competition at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, winning the Audience Award, and was released by A24.
Starring Cast
Lee Einhorn • André Ricciardi
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Political: Center
Confidence: Medium
The film's central problem of terminal illness from neglected screening resolves through individual accountability and open emotional expression, maintaining a balanced personal narrative without partisan alignment.
Diversity: Low
Confidence: Medium
The documentary centers on white male subjects without incorporating diverse representation. Its narrative explores personal health and mortality through humor and irreverence, avoiding any critique of traditional identities or emphasis on DEI elements.
Secondary
LGBTQ: Neutral
Confidence: Low
A peripheral reference to a gay friend surfaces in the protagonist's personal history via a green-card sham marriage that unexpectedly becomes his real union. Queer identity remains incidental, with no deeper exploration or central themes amid the film's focus on illness and mortality.
Family Values: Leans Traditional
Confidence: Medium
Tony Benna's close-up chronicle of friend André Ricciardi's cancer battle probes how irreverent humor intersects with familial devotion, presenting an unconventional yet enduring marriage and tender father-daughter ties as vital anchors in confronting mortality. This affirmative framing of nuclear family resilience amid crisis drives a traditional-leaning portrayal.
Trans: N/A
Confidence: Low
No transsexual characters or themes appear in the film. The narrative centers on the protagonist's irreverent confrontation with mortality following a cancer diagnosis, devoid of any transgender representation.
Female Combat: N/R
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Gender Swap: No
Confidence: Low
This documentary chronicles the real-life experiences of André Ricciardi facing terminal cancer, featuring the subjects as themselves without any adaptations, recasts, or gender alterations from source material.
Race Swap: No
Confidence: Low
The film is an original documentary featuring real-life subject André Ricciardi without any adaptations, prior canon, or recasting of established characters, so no race swaps are present.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.7
6.4
Critic Ratings
9.7
7.8
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