[4] The film features professional wrestlers and media personalities such as Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan, Pat Patterson, Tim White, Ric Flair, Dave Meltzer, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Crystal as well as family members discussing André's life.

[5] The film was executively produced by Janine Marmot and Bill Simmons, who had been interested in creating a documentary on André previously.

[6] The documentary was slated as focusing on his "upbringing in France, his celebrated career in WWE and his forays in the entertainment world".

The website's consensus reads, "Well-crafted and entertaining, Andre the Giant is a compelling celebration of a wrestling legend.

"[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".