The Alabama Solution

Directed by Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman

Released 2025

5Fine — Neither good nor bad; emotionally neutral

Watched: February 17, 2026
Format: TV
Platform: HBO Max
Location: Home
With: Solo

Oscars · 2026

1 nomination

Category	Nominees	Kaleb voted	Kaleb predicted	Won
Documentary Feature Film	Andrew Jarecki, Charlotte Kaufman	Come See Me in the Good Light	The Perfect Neighbor	Mr. Nobody against Putin

My take

Although this was interesting story about inmates in a bad prison system, again, it was kind of boring in that it was very predictable. That said, I rated not lower than a 5 because it was cool how much footage they got from the inmates themselves with contraband cell phones.