Balloon Boy (2025)
- Original title
- Trainwreck: Balloon Boy
- Directed by
- Gillian Pachter
- Genre
- documentary
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 50 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A documentary about the 2009 hoax where a family claimed their son was trapped in a helium balloon. It shows how the media and public latched onto the story as it unfolded in real time.
tenseunsettlingchaoticmedia-circusexploitativeabsurdanxiousmeta
What happens
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy is a 2025 American documentary film directed by Gillian Pachter. It premiered on Netflix on July 15, 2025, as part of the Trainwreck series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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