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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 24 Jan 2013

As with The Central Park Five, you come away from the film impressed by the storytelling but enraged by the facts…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 23 Jan 2013

It's a beautifully done piece of work in its own right, yet viewed beside the trilogy which preceded it, it comes across a bit like Paradise…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 17 Jan 2013

Amy Berg's clear, captivating, indignant film carves out its own significant place in criminal-justice cinema, makes new and startling revelations…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 17 Jan 2013

A strong, blood-boiling documentary from director Amy Berg, who made the similarly fine Deliver Us From Evil…

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By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Jan 2013

Less an investigative report than a portrait of the community that forms around an ongoing court case, this conveys a patient understanding…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 17 Jan 2013

A whodunit in which truth devastatingly becomes a luxury…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 16 Jan 2013

Do we need a fourth film? Yes, I think we do. If you only see one of them, this is the one to choose, because it has the benefit of hindsight…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 14 Jan 2013

New evidence and a fresh perspective keep the subject matter compelling…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 09 Jan 2013

The film casts a hypnotic spell all its own…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 08 Jan 2013

It's a fine summation of this complicated story, one that focuses heavily on Echols and his sweeping declarations about the state of justice…

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By Maryann Koopman Kelly (8) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 04 Jan 2013

Filmmaker Amy Berg (Oscar nominated Deliver Us From Evil) has once again struck documentary gold with her hard-hitting journalistic feature,…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for What the Flick?! (134) on 04 Jan 2013

A lot of it is treading on ground that's been laid by other people, but there's a lot of great new stuff, too…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Reason Online (497) on 04 Jan 2013

The infuriating facts in this famous case are illuminated with new human detail…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 03 Jan 2013

Ms. Berg's film, which she wrote with Billy McMillin, tells the story with unprecedented clarity…

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By Sarah Boslaugh (544) for PopMatters (2,617) on 28 Dec 2012

The case presented in West of Memphis is damning, most of all for a bungling local police department and ambitious local officials who wanted…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 28 Dec 2012

A worthwhile appendix to the West Memphis Three case…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 27 Dec 2012

Although it's the fourth documentary about the West Memphis Three, West of Memphis doesn't feel superfluous…

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By Jimmyo (378) for JoBlo's Movie Emporium (1,959) on 26 Dec 2012

[West of Memphis] is a captivating albeit disturbing look at failed justice and the search for the truth... do not miss this film…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 26 Dec 2012

On its own merits, though, West Of Memphis is a well-assembled, well-argued documentary that shows how America's advocacy model of trial law…

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By Joe Neumaier (1,294) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 25 Dec 2012

Certainly, the West Memphis 3 deserve more chances to detail how the justice system went nightmarishly awry…

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