They Called Him Mostly Harmless

2024

Action / Crime / Documentary / Mystery

9
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 58% · 8 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 58% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.9/10 10 3522 3.5K

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Plot summary

When an unidentified hiker is found deceased in the Florida wilderness, authorities release a sketch. Multiple hikers call in claiming to have met the man. There's only one problem – he never told them his name. It would take two years, thousands of devoted internet sleuths, and a miracle of science to identify him, and that's when the trouble really starts.

Director

Patricia E. Gillespie Photo
Patricia E. Gillespie

Top cast

Mike Gormley Photo
Mike Gormley as Self - Hiker / Trail Angel
David Mittelmann Photo
David Mittelmann as Self - SEO of Othram
Kristen Mittelmann Photo
Kristen Mittelmann as Self - CBO of Othram
Marge Creech Photo
Marge Creech as Self - Hiker
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816.61 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 4
1.48 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by sterekevr 6 / 10

Mostly good, except for one person

Reviewed by comradecupcake 6 / 10

A fascinating doc, but you need to know what you're getting

As a fan of various YouTube mystery and crime channels, I recall the tale of Mostly Harmless popping up from time to time. Eventually it was "solved" but the strange, sad and lonely tale retained its interest. If you'd like to hear more about that, I recommend checking out channels on YouTube like Scary Mysteries or Barely Sociable.What THIS particular documentary represents is the story around the mystery. It's about the toxic and fannish world of True Crime aficionados, the infighting, the clashes, the betrayals and the often sad lives of the people behind the reddit accounts. Yes, the story of Mostly. Harmless is explored, but it's on the periphery.If you go in knowing what you're getting, that this is as much or more about the amateur forum posters attempting to solve the mystery and give a name to the enigmatic hiker, then you're in for a very fascinating documentary.But if you're already familiar with the case and looking for a break down or, worse, just looking for a proper investigative mystery, then you will probably come away disappointed and feeling a bit cheated.
Reviewed by Calicodreamin 4 / 10

Not the sleuths

I cannot with these internet sleuths, they are ridiculous, sitting at their computers, harassing real people and only thinly doing good things. Then they try to lay claim to discoveries that they are loosely connected to uncovering. Centering a documentary around these people gives them notoriety that they simply do not deserve. The story itself is interesting if you're willing to weed through the self-centered commentary by the sleuths and focus on the mystery. The ending is pretty good, but mostly goes to show how off kilter many of the tangents the "facebook group" took were, just doing too much.
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