69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez

It gave its subject a fair hearing, and the documentary maker was challenging his own motives for making the film and questioning everything...

It tries to ask huge questions about digital culture and moral disintegration, but is consistently hampered by the crass repugnance of its subject.

This intriguing documentary fails to fully answer [its] questions, but it does shine a light on a particularly uneasy aspect of internet celebrity.

Even viewers who might find 6ix9ine and his gangbanger nonsense repugnant can still find much to admire in this well-made film essay.

Gandhi speaks to collaborators, lovers and journalists, who help flesh out Hernandez's life, although the musician's unwillingness to participate leaves this an intriguing snapshot rather than a definitive portrait.

"'69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez" manages to lay out the fragments of the Tekashi story well enough to cast a valuable spotlight on the nature of his fame.

Tells a furiously contemporary tale in the memes, madness, and body morphing that make a rap star in the Millennial age.

69 is surprisingly (ahem) by-the-numbers considering its bombastic subject matter.

Gandhi's insights into Tekashi69's psyche are limited, and some of his conclusions about the disgraced rapper's character are bizarre.

The comprehensive treatise we've needed about such an enigmatic, problematic figure, especially when it comes to understanding the full extent of his artifice.