Review of Capturing the Friedmans (2003) by Kerstin L — 10 Jun 2007
A harrowing documentary and an intriguing puzzle, Capturing the Friedmans is unlike any movie you've seen. Jarecki's superbly paced film is composed primarily from found footage, acres of home movies made during a paedophile scandal by the close but tragically conflicted Friedman family.
The evidence against the accused son and father is gradually wound out like a lure, and each time we feel close to uncovering the truth around the films central mystery, we become again uncertain. A wonderful, terrifying film about family, and it's disillusion, which touches on a variety of important and ambitious themes, from sexual abuse to moral panics and the ambivalence of eye witness testamony.
This review of Capturing the Friedmans (2003) was written by Kerstin L on 10 Jun 2007.
Capturing the Friedmans has generally received very positive reviews.
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