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Capturing The Friedmans Reviews

2004

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Watching Andrew Jarecki's riveting non-fiction drama is like watching a slow-motion replay of a multi-car pileup; you know it's headed for disaster, but there's no way you can stop watching. On the surface, the Friedmans were a typical 1980s American family. Living in Great Neck, Long Island, Arnold was a well-respected teacher,.. Read more

Starring	Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman
Director	Andrew Jarecki
Genres	Documentary

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  - 4
  Thought - provoking and compelling
  
  The subject matter, being as it is about a family torn apart by paedophilia, should make this film hard to watch. However, watching the case unfold against the ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Justin Berry
  - Watford, England
  - 08 Aug 2004 at 19:09
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  - 0
  Dont ask me I dont know the answer
  
  very interesting! I still dont really know what to think. It made me want to cry and get angry but also weirdly made me laugh.
  
  A brilliant film about... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 14 May 2012 at 22:42
- - 0
  - 4
  Oh Lookie, another Pedophile!
  
  Hmm, Zero Kudos for the Director from me, just another Pedophile, and all the sensationalised crassness that goes along with it, the Documentary pretty much ... read more »
  
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- - EmmaFlavell
  - 1 review
  - 20 Apr 2012 at 23:40
- - 0
  - 0
  keeps you asking questions
  
  This had me gripped. The film maker has incredible in depth access to the family, attorneys, victims, and the home footage is so intriguing. The film maker ... read more »
  
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- - bubblewrap
  - 2 reviews
  - 19 Apr 2012 at 17:43
- - 0
  - 0
  not bad
  
  very interesting take on the case shown.
  
  i am left mind boggled as to whether they did it or not?!
  
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  - 21 Feb 2012 at 01:59
- - 1
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  Makes you think!
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  What a confusing documentary. Just when you think you have figured out whether its real or not, they add something else to. I would definitely a must see for ... read more »
  
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- - diamondiva
  - 11 reviews
  - 27 Oct 2011 at 12:59
- - 0
  - 4
  Flat.......
  
  Okay to watch whilst ironing,this is something that could be found on a sky channel.Mildly interesting in the fact of the fascination found in comparing and ... read more »
  
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- - PVCPoodle
  - West midlands
  - 24 Oct 2011 at 12:05
- - 2
  - 0
  Ulterior Motive
  
  This is very well put together, but it is heavily slanted towards Jessie's innocence and the fact the Director funded his appeal there is very much an ... read more »
  
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- - jmtregan
  - 2 reviews
  - 19 Sep 2011 at 18:58
- - 0
  - 0
  Dark, strange but hugely watchable.
  
  This is a fascinating documentary that leaves the viewer awestruck at the family of the title. They really are an incredidibly odd bunch who hold your attention... read more »
  
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- - Zidanetro
  - 1 review
  - 11 Sep 2011 at 20:47
- - 0
  - 0
  Better Than The Average Crime Documentary
  
  I really liked the use of their private home movies, I felt this add a more 'real' perspective to the documentary and allowed viewers to witness their ... read more »
  
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- - VickiMihn
  - 36 reviews
  - Warrington
  - 26 Aug 2011 at 22:35
- - 0
  - 0
  Very Interesting , Things i Dont Know alot about !
  
  I found this very interesting , Well made documentary , the one thing that makes this very unique and interesting is the Films the Messed up Paedo family has ... read more »
  
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  - 29 Jul 2011 at 20:56
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- - 65
  - 4
  Thought - provoking and compelling
  
  The subject matter, being as it is about a family torn apart by paedophilia, should make this film hard to watch. However, watching the case unfold against the ... read more »
  
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- 13963
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  - Justin Berry
  - Watford, England
  - 08 Aug 2004 at 19:09
- - 32
  - 9
  A lesson in how documentaries should be made
  
  Tragic is such an overused word in this day and age, but in the case of the Friedman family it couldn?t be more apt. And the beauty of this film is that the ... read more »
  
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- - Clucky
  - Cardiff, Wales
  - 09 Aug 2004 at 12:33
- - 16
  - 6
  Oh yuck, I wish I'd seen it coming!
  
  Did I miss something? Sitting down with my wife to watch what I mistakenly believed was a successful documentary on the current political climate in the USA, we... read more »
  
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- - Hugo de Groot
  - London
  - 01 Oct 2006 at 19:21
- - 13
  - 0
  Dysfunction at it's purest
  
  This film is seriously worth renting, but be warned that it extremely uncomfortable to watch. What is presented is a compelling look at both sides of an ... read more »
  
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- - tahmurdah
  - Denbighshire
  - 07 Aug 2004 at 23:33
- - 7
  - 0
  Seemlessly delivered and engrosing
  
  Gone are the days of the tatty documentary. This title is seamlessly put together and has the direction-photography-production values of a film rather than a ... read more »
  
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- 17052
- - Joe Wright
  - Menston Yorkshire
  - 04 Sep 2004 at 10:58
- - 7
  - 0
  Proper Reality-TV
  
  I'm amazed that watching 10 idiots, desparate to become famous, sitting in some artificial house is called Reality TV. This story, with its contentious ... read more »
  
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- 71175
- - a customer
  - Essex
  - 09 Feb 2005 at 20:03
- - 7
  - 0
  Beautifully crafted with sensitivity
  
  A sad and tragic story of a modern day Crucible. Constructed from home movies about a family in the 1980s caught up in a sex abuse case.
  
  I thought ... read more »
  
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- 309356
- - loulou5
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  - 13 Sep 2004 at 11:10
- - 6
  - 1
  Capturing the soul
  
  Film fans and film buff alike, it is you sole duty to rent this film cause it will blow you away. From the horrific tales of child molestation to the Did he? ... read more »
  
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- - Silentjay
  - East Sussex
  - 26 Aug 2004 at 15:51
- - 5
  - 1
  Five Stars!!!
  
  In the year of the documentry Capturing the Friedmans stands head and shoulders above the rest. A thought provoking, and provocative piece that had me changing ... read more »
  
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- 59316
- - a customer
  - Newcastle, England
  - 15 Dec 2004 at 23:25
- - 5
  - 2
  Fascinating and very sad
  
  This real life story of the breakdown of a family unfolds slowly. It shows how a chance occurance in the father's childhood, being directly exposed to ... read more »
  
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- - Amanda Telfer
  - London
  - 21 Sep 2004 at 21:32

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  Watching Andrew Jarecki's riveting non-fiction drama is like watching a slow-motion replay of a multi-car pileup; you know it's headed for disaster, but there's no way you can stop watching. On the surface, the Friedmans were a typical 1980s American family. Living in Great Neck, Long Island, ...