Netflix's Who Killed The Montreal Expos Needed One Change To Be An All-Star Documentary

A minor adjustment could have elevated it significantly. In recent years, Netflix has offered some outstanding sports documentaries, from the captivating The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox to the engaging Quarterback docuseries and many others. I've spent hours immersed in these compelling stories.

With that background, you might expect me to be thrilled about the new Netflix original, Who Killed the Montreal Expos?, released in 2025 ahead of the World Series. Unfortunately, that wasn’t quite the case.

While I appreciated Jean-François Poisson’s detailed exploration of the Montreal Expos—the highs and the slow decline of this National League team—I believe one significant change would have transformed this into a truly standout documentary. Unlike the team’s downfall the film portrays, this change might have saved the documentary for me.

Still, credit is due to Poisson and his team for covering nearly 40 years of the Expos' history within just over 90 minutes. The film covers all aspects, presenting the team’s role and significance in Montreal, Quebec, and Canada.

It offers a heartfelt portrayal of the franchise and the players, who became like family through the years. However, this story deserved a more expansive, multi-part series to fully capture its complexity.

"Jean-François Poisson and his team found a way to chronicle the nearly 40-year history of the Montreal Expos – the good, the bad, the really bad, and the ugly – in a little more than 90 minutes."

Author’s summary: Despite its strong storytelling and emotional depth, Who Killed the Montreal Expos? needed to be a multi-part documentary to truly honor the franchise's rich and complex history.

Cinemablend — 2025-11-02

Netflix's Who Killed The Montreal Expos Needed One Change To Be An All-Star Documentary

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