Synopsis
Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.
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Cast
- Maggie NicholsSelf - Gymnast
- Jamie DantzscherSelf
- Mark AlesiaSelf - Investigations Reporter, The Indianapolis Star
- Rachael DenhollanderSelf - Former Gymnast
- Géza PoszarSelf - Karolyi Choreographer
- Tracee TalaveraSelf - USA Olympic Team 1984
- Jen Sey
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
Athlete A gives us the story behind the story. It’s a terrific journalism movie, but it’s also a story of young women who persevered and found justice against the odds. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
A measured if still-maddening look into the 2016 USA Gymnastics scandal. - 91
IndieWire
Through even-handed reporting and a series of emotional first-person accounts, Athlete A excavates one of modern sports’ most horrific abusers and systems. It doesn’t do that by being preachy or shrill, instead working from one key belief: It must have started somewhere. Hopefully, Athlete A can contribute to ending it for good. - 90
Screen Daily
From the very beginning of Athlete A, Cohen and Shenk (Audrie & Daisy and An Inconvenient Sequel) visually confront the audience with the clear physical evidence that their documentary is about abused children and they never let that image fade away. - 88
RogerEbert.com
One former gymnast says, "The line between tough coaching and abuse gets blurred." This may be what it takes to win gold at the Olympics, but is it worth the cost? - 85
TheWrap
As with many of the other recent documentaries about abuse, it hits hard, making it difficult to watch without being both heartbroken and enraged by a system that, in the words of one gymnast, “would sacrifice our young to win.” - 80
Variety
Athlete A is a testament to their perseverance, and to the courage of all those who stood up in court to face the man who had violated their humanity. But it’s also a testament to the obsession that gave cover to their abuse — to a culture that wanted winners at any cost. - 80
The Telegraph
What’s striking about the film’s tone is its redemptive warmth. Though the details are chilling, it’s as if a cathartic space has been opened for these girls and their families to explain what they went through.
