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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 26 Apr 2017

A clever filmmaking experiment? Without a doubt. A satisfying one? Not so much…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 26 Apr 2017

It’s a handsome package that never transcends the banality of its ideas, most of which involve how different people, including from Boulder,…

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By Robert Abele (1,309) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 26 Apr 2017

Though a thoughtful reflection is occasionally allowed — sometimes humanity finds its way out — this indulgent, stylized slog is straight…

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By Amy Nicholson (961) for MTV (492) on 26 Apr 2017

Casting JonBenét, my favorite film at this year's Sundance, shows a director in full control…

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By A.a. Dowd (854) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 25 Apr 2017

The film ends on a strangely moving theatrical exercise, as the various performers gather together on a soundstage recreation of the Ramsey…

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By David Sims (534) for The Atlantic (1,046) on 25 Apr 2017

Casting JonBenét is a curiosity, but an arresting one-an uncomfortable 80 minutes spent with strangers who are undeniably difficult to look…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 24 Apr 2017

Green's doc — like the case at its center — defies resolution or easy answers…

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By Christopher Campbell (291) for Nonfics (197) on 29 Mar 2017

At times exploitative and consistently just an uncomfortable viewing experience ... but it's definitely something to see…

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By Carmen Gray (34) for Dazed and Confused (30) on 27 Feb 2017

It's a fascinating if queasily invasive insight into a sleepy township that seems to hide as many weird, subterranean secrets as Lynch's Twin Peaks…

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By Steve Pond (235) for TheWrap (3,203) on 27 Feb 2017

A fascinating and perplexing piece of storytelling…

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By Patrick Gamble (128) for CineVue (2,163) on 13 Feb 2017

Blending and bending genres to highlight the elusiveness of the truth, Green's avant-garde documentary presents the audience with a wealth…

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By Sophie Brown (11) for Sight and Sound (827) on 08 Feb 2017

Casting JonBenet examines the impossibility of ever being able to fully understand another person…

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By Charlie Phillips (13) for The Guardian (2,969) on 27 Jan 2017

This isn’t really a film in search of a definitive truth – it’s a deliberate provocation to the conventional notion of truth in the age…

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By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 27 Jan 2017

The mirror it holds up to its subjects — and perhaps the audience — is incredibly, sometimes painfully illuminating…

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By Leslie Felperin (768) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 27 Jan 2017

Kitty Green creates something powerful, provocative and dazzlingly original with her second feature…

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By Sean P. Means (2,056) for Salt Lake Tribune (1,927) on 27 Jan 2017

Kitty Green mines such rich territory in her post-modern documentary…

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By Eric Kohn (1,203) for indieWire (3,631) on 27 Jan 2017

When the concept really clicks, Casting JonBenet operates as a darkly entertaining look at how gossip can fuel legend to the point where truth…

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By Meredith Borders (105) for Birth.Movies.Death. (774) on 24 Jan 2017

Beyond its showy device, or maybe because of it, this is a deeply thoughtful and compassionate film…

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