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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 24 Jul 2008

I found myself occasionally enthralled, mainly due to Polanski's haunted presence coming through, even in the form of an absent ghost…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 24 Jul 2008

Roman Polanski (The Pianist, Rosemary's Baby, Chinatown) is unquestionably a great filmmaker, but as Marina Zenovich's documentary Roman Polanski…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 24 Jul 2008

The most significant fact of the film is that the prosecutor Gunson, a straight-laced Mormon, agrees with the defender Dalton that justice…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 23 Jul 2008

The film walks a fine line between contempt for Polanski's crimes and sympathy for his trials and his screwed-up psyche, and it manages both…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 Jul 2008

This is a superb picture, sharp, open-minded, wised-up and cinematically accomplished…

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By Rod A (147) on 21 Jul 2008

Everyone in this this film seems to have been injured in some way by Polanski's encounter with a young girl…

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By William M (1,438) on 18 Jul 2008

One of my favorite directors, and I thought I knew what happened to him... until seeing this film…

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By Ashley P (282) on 17 Jul 2008

Interesting movie even though this incident happened before I was born…

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By Katey Rich (412) for CinemaBlend.com (1,378) on 14 Jul 2008

A clever, contemplative kind of courtroom drama that utilizes the best of Hollywood filmmaking style to tell a story so strange, it must be true…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Ebert & Roeper (629) on 13 Jul 2008

This is more about the culture of celebrity, the sensationalism, a power hungry, media-hungry judge, and all the things that have happened…

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By Courtney S (554) on 13 Jul 2008

Decent documentary about Roman Polanski's legal troubles after having what he argued consensual sex with a thirteen year-old…

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By Stephen H (1,156) on 13 Jul 2008

A compelling documentary that delves into the legal mess following the famous director being charged with statutory rape, and his ultimate…

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By Michelle R (485) on 11 Jul 2008

Good documentary that explains the lowdown…

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By Ray Greene (127) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 10 Jul 2008

Zenovich has made a feature worthy of its eccentric and reckless central figure at his most cynical and embittered…

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By Cynthia Fuchs (1,328) for PopMatters (2,617) on 10 Jul 2008

None of the interviewees in Marina Zenovich's fascinating documentary manages to make sense of the famous filmmaker's behavior or apparent…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 09 Jul 2008

Falls short of being a great film because it lacks a certain ambition…

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By Flike S (63) on 09 Jul 2008

I wouldn't justify his actions, but it seems that the law we abide by is most of the time just as crooked as we are. Then and always.. See this…

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By Matthew V (215) on 09 Jul 2008

Does a pretty good job assassinating a dead man's characterand the character of the victim's mother to normalize Polanski's predatory behavior…

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By Jeff B (2,998) on 08 Jul 2008

Very good documentary about the Polanski trial in the 70s that resulted in the director's fleeing of the US…

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Review of Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

By Brian W (1,331) on 07 Jul 2008

I didn't expected much of this film, particularly because I'd always thought Polanski to be a strange European child molestor…

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