Reviews

Is this a joke now? It's devolved into something quite silly, which is unfortunate - I feel it's a sad state of affairs that the mighty HBO / max cosigned on this documentary - granted this was a bad man, objectively even for the times he was in - I have no doubt that his sexual predation was real and traumatized several girls - but I don't see the violent tendencies to suggest he would escalate and in truth had commited serial killings back in the early 70s, Statistically him stopping entirely, is extremely rare and unlikely - especially having been in gold health, having opportunities and not being incarcerated - the documentarian (if you can call her that, and I'm sorry for saying that) often puts words into peoples mouths, never consulted law enforcement nor any professionals of any kind, save for one PI late in her exploits - this in itself is terribly troubling to why the viewer should take stock - perhaps she had and didn't like what she found? Furthermore, and this is big for me, notice the staged meetings and interviews - (obviously HBO lent it's might as a studio in the form of cameramen and editors etc etc) many of these 'first time meetings' were filmed with multiple cameras that had to be set up long before she arrives - these meetings are at best recreations of the original event and at worst, produced and loosely scripted - finally I'd like to add my take on how part of this came to be - SADLY I feel the mother / Jim's step daughter, so fervently indoctrinated her daughter with this fear and caution (albeit warrented), at such a young age, that she did not even need to be told, she could intuit her mother's trepidation, this alone is enough for a formative human to create these core memories that color much of her subsequent years - HOWEVER, this much is true - Sierra has been victimized over and over and over and as she stated, she felt that only her mother cared at all - well I care about you Sierra - I may be critical of this project but I absolutely care about you! I.

... and likely just in general - I truly believe this young woman will grow up continuing to perfect her craft till shes up there with the Streeps and Therons and I better include Robbie who is sensational beyond comprehension - anyhoo, the writing could have sucked but I'd of still given it a 7 for her performance - and for anyone paying attention who wants a protip - any and I mean ANY film or television that has been produced by or in part by Megan Ellison and Annapurna is almost a shoe in for a very good to great (to excellent of course) film or show - (in fact I'm crushing on her so hard just cause she'd saved me with this week's release of kajillionaire and Monsterland - sooooo Kk enjoy yall

This episode devolved into a worthless rewrite or dreck that I've ever been subjected to - although the message is valid, the content is horrible

It's deliberately chosen, mistakenly so (because it's underwhelming and to be fair only proved no crime was committed), by a hand-picked group of story driving women (such as the bond woman, who herself made 'terrorist threats' of violent desires, which I find troubling, disturbing and hypocritical) and the wounded parties, some legitimate victims - ugh tbh it upset me and I had no sympathy for the man, rather the opposite, and still was upset by the nature of the production and the methods of these producers - I believe there's enough shame to go around for all involved

Listen, here's my thing, as a documentary the subject matter is fair game for review - it seemed as if the group set out to do good based on some sound tenets and the mere issue of something as benign as branding (such as a fraternity lad might do with a tattoo) has become something evil. The way I view this is that we have a documentarian in the form of Mark, compiling all this footage, who comes across the perfect opportunity to use his own footage inward on the very subject he was an integral part of - my point is this feels sensationalized for the sake of drama - it's like who cares? does it negate the good both in intent and actuality that was endeavored upon? sighhhhhh - it's a shame

..... does not bode well for the remaining hour and thirty-four mins (also and this is only for content and word count - go Lando Norris at the grand prix this weekend - f1 rules! come on my fellow Americans, catch the fever! it's miles better than any other sport and makes Nascar look as lame as it is)

I have so many issues with this but could overlook most - however the misinformation and anthropomorphizing are just too egregious

I mean..... oh well, it's a fine effort - but it's no ten yall

But this is gawful! A proper stinker on all fronts! Surprisingly so, the writing and acting are proper atrocities and I truly can't understand how or why but it's painfully so - I never say not to waste your time because I feel different people may have completely opposite opinions but, sigh.... DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME - which I say in spite of the message being indeed very relevant and important, and certainly valid (which I can't say here without later checking the 'spoiler' button), but ultimately any staved off viewers would have already understood this concept and perhaps the inevitable back and forth by propaganda types who come on not to review a film but to opine on the political subject matter (which you'll soon see popping up under and around my humble review) - in short this is Jon Stewart and Steve Carell specifically that I referred to earlier, and my expectations were sky high, however even had they been grounded they would still be dashed :{

So for any human watching that hasn't read the book, your good to go

... I feel this is extremely dangerous to dipict the selfishness and arrogance of this suicuded young lady - to think anyone would entertain her posthumous wishes and "suicide scavenger hunt" is argh... nvrmind u lemmings and sheeple

... just in case the end song was miscredited to Bruce Springsteen, who did cover it I believe, 'Jersey Girl' was written and in this case, performed by Tom Waits - I know I know but it's an important distinction and the captions said Springsteen... sooo yaaa