André Is an Idiot is a 2025 American documentary film by Tony Benna. The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and was given a limited theatrical release on March 6, 2026, by Joint Venture.
Summary It explores the story of André Ricciardi, who considers himself an idiot for not getting a colonoscopy and gets a terminal cancer diagnosis.
Release The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2025. The film had a limited theatrical release in the United States on March 6, 2026, by Joint Venture. The film was released a month early in the United Kingdom by Dogwoof.
Reception Critical response Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 13 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Peter Howell of the Toronto Star considers the film one of his 10 favorite films from the Sundance Film Festival. Leslie Felperin of The Guardian rated the film four out of five and called it "a riotously funny, painfully honest film about facing death."
Accolades It won the Audience Award and the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award in the US Documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Sundance Film Festival