Review of Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World (2016) by Michael L — 19 Apr 2017

If you know of (and like) Werner Herzog's work, then you will find this to be just as brilliant as all. If not, I can understand how this might be off-putting for a fair few. It's as equally as brash and confronting as any documentary you'll watch, even to the point of discomfort and oftentimes, hopelessness - and then some more.

But such is Herzog, and this rawness is his signature. If you don't like this, you will likely not like anything by him. But if you want to try, I'd recommend trying for something that requires a bit less of a temporal (it's 98min) and emotional investment, such as Plastic Bag (only 18min); but even then you're not getting the full brunt of his documentary prowess (it's much more an abstraction, but equally as bleak and hopeless, yet somehow enriching all the same).

There's no doubting one thing at the least: Herzog is a master of his craft. But like all crafts, sometimes he's just "not for everyone.".