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

A small adjustment could have significantly improved the documentary. In recent years, Netflix has offered remarkable sports documentaries, such as The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox and the Quarterback docuseries, providing hours of engaging content.

Given this, one might expect me to be thrilled with the new Netflix original, Who Killed the Montreal Expos?, released in 2025 before the World Series. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case.

While I appreciated Jean-François Poisson’s in-depth exploration of the Montreal Expos' triumphant rise and slow decline, I believe a major change was needed to elevate this film into an exceptional documentary. Unlike the baseball team’s fate, this single change could have rescued the documentary in my view.

I must commend Poisson and his team for successfully chronicling nearly 40 years of the Montreal Expos’ history—covering the highs, lows, and setbacks—in just over 90 minutes. The film effectively portrays the team's significance in Montreal, Quebec, and across Canada, and lovingly depicts the players who became like family.

However, this story deserved a more extended format, and the documentary would have benefited from being a multi-part series rather than a single feature.

"Before getting too carried away, I have to give it to Jean-François Poisson and his team for finding 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."

"That said, this should have been a multi-part documentary."

Author's summary: The documentary offers a heartfelt and concise history of the Montreal Expos, but its impact would have been stronger as a multi-part series.

Cinemablend — 2025-11-02

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

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