Review of The Witness (2015) by Clement S — 24 Jan 2017

The Obsession of Passion.

The Witness was very interesting in certain aspects. The film was about a girl named "Kitty" Genovese who was killed by a man named Winston Mosley on March 13, 1964. The film revolved around the perspective of her brother and showed his thoughts and process of reviewing the case. Throughout the movie you can see what his passion about it and him trying to find peace with himself after the murder. However, with this it felt as though he had an obsession instead of an interest by spending 50 years of research towards the case, this was very offsetting in the film. There were also several parts that felt unnecessary which included his emotions such as hiring an actor to recreate the scene in which his sister was murdered. Overall the commentary and depiction of the film was interesting and mostly detailed. The Witness is worth a watch if you are interested in these types of films, otherwise some may not enjoy it as much.