November 13: Attack on Paris (2018) User Reviews

It's not about what happened

[kosmasp · 8/10 · 31 July 2019]

Well not just about that - it is about human survival, it is about sacrifice and it is about decent people helping others in need. It is about shock and it is about disbelief and it is about what some of the people who survived remember of that fateful night. As mini series documentary this works quite nicely and makes sense overall.

There are a lot of people involved and you should find yourself feeling what those impacted felt too. It's not easy to watch as you can imagine and one can only hope this does not happen to anybody. Important documentary and really sad and life affirming at the same time

Incredible and horrible

[twan-83554 · 9/10 · 6 June 2018]

I watch a lot of docuseries, especially war series, but none of them made me feel so speechless as this serie. It is a great witness report about the Paris attacks back in 2015. It shows us the true horror of radical Islam soldiers. The definition of hate is shown in this docuserie.

I would really recommend this serie, it won't let you untouched.

Must seen

[tesi-68274 · 8/10 · 4 November 2020]

Heartbreaking. Well documented and having not only the testimony of the victims, also of the authorities like humans with feelings and fears. A healthy and truly sad point of view of almost all the victims (only the band didn't give a statement in the documentary)

Absolutely speechless

[sutusniki · 10/10 · 1 June 2018]

I haven't seen anything in a while that would keep me so engaged that I wouldn't look at my phone once. I sat three hours straight without moving, glued to the couch, absolutely shocked and frozen. This docuseries made me feel like I was there at the night of terror in Paris. Seeing the events through the eyes of the survivors was almost unbearably powerful. Very tough documentary but I recommend to watch it. I will probably have to watch it again to process everything fully, but I'm completely speechless. Thank you for making it and letting us see what it was like to be there, because when you read it in the papers it's just another news that you are shocked by but once you turn the pages you kind of forget about it. This documentary will always help me to remember.

Paris je t'aime

[LiamCullen6 · 10/10 · 18 June 2018]

I'm sure I am not alone in that I can recall the night of November 13th, 2015.

I, like many others, was first made aware of the happenings in Paris with the report of explosions at the France v Germany game. Initially, there was confusion as to the source of the explosion, with differing news channels making conflicting reports.

From then onward, however, the evening only became darker as the horror grew and the scale of what was really happening became clear. It seemed unimaginable at the time, having gone from the mysterious explosions at the stadium to the sheer devastation at the Bataclan; it seemed like it would never end.

When it inevitably did, the whole world was traumatised. Nobody could have ever expected something so large-scale and harrowing to have occurred in one of the most liberating locations in the world. But in its aftermath, Paris - and the rest of the world - became stronger as a result.

This deeply moving and chilling documentary gives a new perspective to the night of November 13th and the attacks which took place all across Paris. It reminds us how many countless lives these tragedies affected, and encourages us to remain resilient in the face of terrorism.

This is not a documentary to be missed.

Incredibly moving testimony - this is how modern history should be told

[preferredfutures · 10/10 · 26 August 2020]

The events in Paris were just news stories to me, incomprehensible really, as I didn't know the places they happened, and news channels whilst no doubt they would have binged on an event like this, they move on so quickly to the next awful thing that there is no emotional impact and never a sense of the lives ruined and altered permanently.

In this three parter, there was no rushed moving on, and no "cat on a skateboard" at the end, before the weather a la TV news. Instead, there were everyday people who saw things that no one should see, and professionals who dealt with cascading crises such that they could never have expected, all described this terrible night with calm, grace and great humility.

The depth of emotion, the lyrical and insightful ways in which some of the survivors describe their experience really struck me, for example Valerie in Ep3 when she reflects on whether or not she would agree to having the memories removed from her consciousness, if this were possible. She said no, her reasons for saying no demonstrate to me why these people, and Paris operate in a different universe to the mindless killers that tried to take it from them.

So moved by the stories of the survivors and the emergency personnel

[tracishin · 10/10 · 4 June 2018]

I was captured by this documentary and watched all three episodes together. It contained perspectives ranging from the president/mayor, to firefighters, to ordinary citizens. What really stayed with me was the amateur video of the gunfire (filmed through a steel fence, maybe 50 meters away), it was rapid and brutal and grotesque. And the story of the woman who thought she would not be able to climb up the toilet to the ceiling, she was worried about holding everyone else up from escaping. And the phones ringing in the pockets of the deceased, where the caller ID displays said "Mom" or "Dad," how heartbreaking... Bravo to the emergency personnel for their heroism.

Don't know what to say

[jkr_jorn · 10/10 · 17 June 2018]

At this moment I finished this mini Tvserie on Netflix. And while I am typing this I smoke a cigarette because it feels so surreal to have seen this horror. My thoughts go out to the victims on this black day in the history of Paris.

Unbelievably painful but a must see

[markdawson84 · 10/10 · 18 April 2020]

Had to stop watching quite a few times to wipe tears from my eyes. The scale of the attack is incredible and much bigger than I knew. What the survivors experienced is unimaginable and we owe it to ourselves to watch this to understand the real impacts of terrorism.

Survivors

[peter-warnberg · 7/10 · 10 June 2018]

The true story about the coordinated terror attack in Paris, France November 13 2015. The documentary told by survivors, police and rescue staff. Horrible but very interesting.

The evil that men don't do

[spamade · 10/10 · 19 July 2019]

I really cannot recommend this 3 part documentary highly enough. The bravery show by the victims and the emergency services is inspiring. The description of mobile phones ringing amongst the fatalities was haunting.

My only very small critique is why there were no photos of the inside of the locations. It would be helpful to know what some of the areas described look like, especially in the Bataclan.

Very hard to watch documentary.

[Lukasmj · 7/10 · 15 November 2022]

November 13: Attack on Paris is a Netflix docuseries that explores the terrorist attacks of November 13, 2015 in Paris in five different locations, including the Bataclan Theater.

"November 13th: Attack on Paris" describes the shocking terror attack in Paris very well with eyewitness reports, which at least I remember well to this day.

I still remember how stunned I was when I saw the news and later at school there was a minute's silence for the victims.

But to hear the whole thing again from people that were there up close is a completely different feeling, than just hearing it on the news.

Fantastic

[mikeiskorn · 10/10 · 23 January 2021]

Wonderful documentary about such a tragic period of time. It'll leave you shocked and your jaw dropped! Thanks to all emergency services out there!

Fantastic

[mikeiskorn · 10/10 · 8 January 2021]

Fantastic documentary about a horrific event! Every bodies interview was very intense!

Highly recommendable

[juliaandjackthecavalier · 10/10 · 3 November 2021]

I have literally just finished watching half an hour ago and I'm still experiencing emotional turmoil. I was 26 and in Germany when these attacks happened and it was unbelievable. This documentary is a hauntingly beautiful tribute to those events. It's educational, meets the right tone, respectful, interesting... The interviews are truly excellent! So very well done, I would recommend it to anyone!

Good but missing something

[de_baltz · 8/10 · 9 June 2018]

The documentary was good when if you want to know what it was like to live through a terrorist attack.

What I would reproach is that they don't talk about the type of terrorist attack it was. If it weren't for the mention of the names of the last two, you could just as easily assume it was the Chinese that were attacking.

The documentary should have added more into what these people felt regarding being attacked for no reason other than an ideology and the impact that this had on the rest of their lives. How did it change the way they see global politics, religion and human beings in general?

They make a brief mention of the "culture of Paris"... Which is just the culture of the West. But they don't take it any further with any of the hostages - the joy that they were experiencing absolutely annahilated by Islamic terrorism...

Unbelievable

[hmarhoon · 8/10 · 2 June 2018]

We feel so sorry for all families lost their lovers and the humanity of people who supporting each other. Honestly, our hearts with you and this massacre not representing truly Islam they're terrorist but Paris and wolrd beat them I think there is no words to describe that people; how they can simply killing people I saw children, parents and lovers suffering in this documentary and that touched my heart and I felt about their suffering because of that massacre.

The type of documentary everyone needs to see

[pcristianjohnson · 10/10 · 28 February 2023]

This will go down as one of my favorite documentaries I have ever watched, and I am an avid fan of documentaries. This isn't a documentary that has to rely on the gory videos and images to tell the narrative, nor does this documentary lean on any political side whatsoever which I believe is my favorite attribute to this short series. There is no political agenda, it is simply an intimate and harrowing recounting as told by the survivors and first responders that witnessed that horrific night in Paris, France. I remember being at work when the alerts started coming in and watching everything unfold at home while watching the news. There is fear, massacre, terror, but along with it, love, bravery, and unity.