Powerful

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Admirable film.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

This is like a question/answer session paired with beautiful views of Kremlin inside and history lessons, presenting RF President's view of many hot political issues. While you may see that Mr Putin is well prepared, there is no doubt that he is presenting us dangerous reality we live in today.People like me, interested in foreign policy and following it on daily basis, will be familiar with many of presented views. People, like me, who had the unfortunate opportunity to see and feel some of the things they are talking about (destroying government structures, devastation of country's economy, economic sanctions, tycoons, inflation, unemployment, bombing, colored revolutions...) know why it is important to hear what this men have to say and think about it.

Thank you Oliver for this professionally shot honest documentary. it's actually 8/10 but added two more stars because of your brave questions. we hear lots of stuff about Putin, most of them ain't good. That he is dictator and things like that. Well we shot his aircraft and he didn't act like an idiot and went into war, even god knows he could beat Turkey. But instead he had diplomatic move instead of idiotic one. as I Watched your film, I understood he is much more professional and good leader then I thought. His answers are great and he seems cold(typical Russian) but honest which what makes your doc looks like a propaganda. as I film maker myself, I can understand what is propaganda what is not. this one isn't. I've watched him on hard talk after this. He is same as here. cool and slow.

Oliver Stone is getting a lot of heat for this mini-series. The reason he gets all that heat is because western critics of president Putin can't live with the fact that the President is finally presented as a human and not as Dr. Evil like the western media usually does. Stone talked about every subject that the west is obsessed with and The President gave clear logic answers. President never badmouthed his western critics. This documentary also shows all the good things that President Putin did for his country and that he does everything with Russia's interests on the Nr. 1 spot. I am pretty sure that many people after watching this series will watch the news networks and talk shows with a huge brick of salt when the subject is going to be Russia and / or President Putin. Stone did a great non partisan job.

Oliver Stone's The Putin Interviews is… garbage. Stone, though respected as a filmmaker, at least for some of his earlier works, loses all credibility with this attempt at a "documentary". This four-part series is not a documentary, and it cannot be called journalism either. Is just a platform that Putin uses to justify to the world his policies, in his own manner of course: politically correct at times, even diplomatic, but with some subtle/not-so-subtle references, even irony when needed. Stone as an interviewer is practically useless. His questions are at times obviously ill-prepared, but, more annoying is his way of asking something by providing the way in which the question could be dodged. Not that Putin needs help with that. He has a lot of practice with his annual Valdai Club's meetings, Direct Lines and call-in shows. All of this while witnessing Stone's anti-Americanism and admiration for everything that is Russia or Russian. In the end we do not learn anything new. To be avoided.