‘Milli Vanilli’ Review: Doc on Infamous Group Has Plenty of Blame to Go Around

Tribeca 2023: Luke Korem’s new documentary traces the complete origins, rise and downfall of Milli Vanilli

Milli Vanilli (Credit: Getty Images)
Milli Vanilli (Credit: Getty Images)

Some three decades after one of the biggest scandals in the history of pop music, Milli Vanilli still commands a certain fascination for those who lived through the 1980s. Their debut album went six times platinum and they won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1990, but later that year Fabrice Morvan and Rob Pilatus, the faces of the group, had to do a mea culpa because they had not actually sung on the album.  

Luke Korem’s documentary, “Milli Vanilli,” which receives its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival and will stream on Paramount+ in the fall, is well-researched and polished, even if it’s essentially a feature-length episode of “Behind the Music.”

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