For decades, Charlie Sheen has been the cause of many scandalous headlines, from drugs to his ties to prostitution to two failed marriages to rehab visits to multiple arrests to that Two and a Half Men breakdown. However, we have never heard him tell his story. That is going to change with aka Charlie Sheen.
Tabloid black hole Charlie Sheen knows what’s been said about him, and he’s finally ready to confess. Directed by Andrew Renzi (Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?), aka Charlie Sheen, tracks his upbringing in Malibu to his effortless rise to megastardom — and dramatic fall, all within the public eye. With a stunning clarity earned through seven years of sobriety, Sheen openly speaks about the subjects and events he’s never discussed publicly before. Through extraordinarily candid interviews with his family, friends, and cast members, including ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller, ex-Madam Heidi Fleiss, Jon Cryer, Sean Penn, Ramon Estevez, Chris Tucker, and his drug dealer Marco, the most outrageous moments of Sheen’s life are revisited with raw emotion and exceptional warmth, painting a portrait of a flawed man whose penchant for self-destruction is ultimately no match for the ferocious love and forgiveness he inspires in those closest to him.
You might have noticed that there are two big names in his life who are missing from the list of people they talked to for this doc. His father, Martin Sheen, and brother, Emilio Estevez, declined to appear in it. Renzi explained to Tudum that they wanted him to have his moment. Even though they are missing from the movie, they are still close to him and watched the finished product with him.
No offense to Billy Joel, Eminem, and Mariska Hargitay, this is the must-watch documentary of the year. Congrats to Netflix for snagging it.
