SpeakingEye Having been aware of the mystique surrounding Tony Robbins as the king of motivational speakers but having never seen him in action, I was very curious to watch I am not your Guru to understand more about the man and his methods. Having now watched it a few times, I am still not fully sure what to make of the film or Tony himself.On the one hand, the $5,000 cost and week-long commitment to his Date With Destiny event means that it ensures that only those who are serious about making changes to their lives attend. You can see from the audience reactions to his teachings that they buy into the programme 100% but the problem for me is that although he claims not to be their Guru, that is exactly how they respond to him in their physical and emotional reactions. They hang on his every word and there is no sense of anyone ever challenging aspects such as his excessive language, provocative methods and "make your life a masterpiece" fortune cookie type sentiments. An example of this is the German teenager who has clearly been let down by everyone around him in his life (his parents, educators and peers) that he felt compelled to travel half way round the world to have Tony spend 5 minutes telling him it was all going to be ok with no substance behind it. The teenager just looked into Tony's eyes and received the reassurance he needed. Tony was his Guru and if that helped him then fine.I am not saying that the participants are just compliant sheep; there is clearly a lot of people with promise and talent in the audience who just needed that push or reassurance. The section devoted to the brave Dawn underlines this; her opening up to Tony and just having faith in knowing that whatever happens next can only bring a better life for her and others around her is definitely the highlight of the film. Other participants featured have less inspirational outcomes. A woman breaks up with her partner in front of 2500 people only to reunite after the event finishes. A married couple re-connect but you are left feeling that a decent marriage counsellor could have done the same thing for them at a fraction of the cost. The lack of inspirational outcomes just makes you feel the event serves as a placebo for many participants until returning to real life.The film has a documentary feel but the lack of challenging of Tony's methods by the Director Joe Berlinger reduce it instead to a free advertisement for Robbins Incorporated. This needed a Louis Theroux style approach as he would have got under the skin of participants and Tony. The event is very professional and the army of support teams (warm up guys, counsellors, event managers etc) Tony uses does ensure that participants are looked after during the week. You can also see why its $5000 a person as these people also need to be paid. I have always found with motivational speaking or training in general that you only take from each event small elements which over the years build into an overall library of learnings. I will definitely take away some elements of Tony's philosophies learnt from I am not your Guru. Would I fly half way round the world and pay $5000 to experience it for myself ? No I wouldn't but I can see why some people would.

jfgibson73 This documentary films a six day event in which Tony Robbins works with attendees to change their life. Presumably, everyone has some different area they want to work on. Several times throughout the film, we see computer screens or paper lists mapping out the day. What I would have been most interested to see is the steps of the process, perhaps following some attendees through each piece. I imagine they felt that that would be giving away his product for free. Instead, we see several "interventions" in which Tony sometimes seems to speak truth, and sometimes tells people to do some confusing things. I wanted to believe that this man understands how we work and can get to the core of all our issues, but this film didn't make me believe that. It didn't disprove him either, just left me less interested in what he has to say. I've enjoyed his podcast appearances much more than what I thought was going to be a look into the inner workings of an effective process.

boself First of all, I rarely write reviews. Second of all; I have never been to a Tony Robbins event and nobody paid me to write anything here. ;-) I just thought I wanted tot tell you I really enjoyed this movie and watched it with tears in my eyes. It was a beautiful piece of work showing the authenticity of this man in the way he works with people and in the way he approaches life. It gave me things to think about myself and even though it was just 2 hours I really got some of the energy and vibe going on there in that 6 day event. I really loved to watch the transformations happen. I am a therapist myself and I just really loved every bit of these 2 hours I spend on it. Thanks for making it!

Sherwin Ace Ross I attended and graduated Mastery University from 1997 to 2000.I have crewed events as well.For sure, Tony Robbins comes from the streets and from his heart. His never ending commitment for himself to personal growth is absolutely hands down the perfect opportunity for you if you have not or if you do not know about Tony.Of the many techniques he will teach you, one is how to role model someone you admire and turn years into months, months into days and days into minute creating absolute certainty in having a full and productive life, living on your terms.Tony has spent his life perfecting techniques that break patterns. In this very important documentary, you will get that this works.