# Arnold (2023)

> A three-episode Netflix docuseries traces Arnold Schwarzenegger's journey from bodybuilding champion to Hollywood icon to politician.

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## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 3
- Episode runtime: 63 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: documentary
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Danny DeVito, Ivan Reitman, Jay Leno, Willie Brown, Ken Waller, Mark Z. Barabak
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27713897/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: none
- Tone: intimate, reflective, wry, nostalgic, sincere

## What critics say

Audiences rate this intimate three-episode docuseries positively for its candid access to Arnold Schwarzenegger's career and personal story.

## Synopsis

Arnold (2023) is a American docuseries and limited series created for Netflix. Across three episodes of roughly an hour each, the series follows Arnold Schwarzenegger through the three lives that define his public story, starting with a bodybuilding champion chasing titles, moving into a Hollywood action star chasing box office and an icon's image, and ending with a politician seeking a new kind of power. Schwarzenegger appears as himself, joined by fellow stars Sylvester Stallone and Danny DeVito, alongside director Ivan Reitman and talk show host Jay Leno, who offer candid recollections of working with him and of his reinventions. The engine is ambition: each chapter is a fresh push toward a new goal, and the series examines the discipline, self-invention and personal mythmaking behind it. Its register is intimate and reflective, with a warm, wry tone that mixes nostalgia for the eighties Hollywood blockbuster era with a more sober look at public life. Fans of The Last Dance, Tiger King and other celebrity life-story documentaries will find resonance here, particularly viewers drawn to self-made figures and reinvention narratives.

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