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(1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 97% Fresh Page   1   "inspires in the viewer something which was conspicuously absent from the original trial - reasonable doubt."   Movie Gazette   Anton Bitel B+ "The film is an examination of the complexity of characters and behaviors that we would prefer to explain simply, the slippery nature of memory, and the elusiveness of objective truth."   AboutFilm.com   Carlo Cavagna "Much like the promotional website, the film is all about pictures that seem simultaneously candid and posed, nostalgic and harsh."   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs 3.5/4 "This is a film that's as difficult to watch as it is to dismiss."   Movie Boeuf   David N. Butterworth A "A rare Errol Morris-like documentary that takes us further into studying such a dysfunctional family than probably ever before."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2.5/4 "An oddly riveting chronicle of one family’s devastating demise and, less successfully, an attempt to shed light on the validity of pedophile witch-hunts."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez A "It is more intriguing than a lot of fiction, and told in a more compelling manner than most film stories."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B "A pretty unremarkable film about a remarkable situation."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov 3.5/4 "...one comes away with a sense of angered sensationalism...Clearly, this odd and probing documentary is affecting in its seedy uncertainty."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng A "A profoundly disturbing film, but a brilliant one...It portrays the disintegration of an American family in a fashion that would have done Eugene O'Neill proud."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 3.5/4 "In the end, while Jarecki may not be able to answer our most basic questions about the guilt or innocence of the Friedmans, he makes a profound statement that, in situations like this, no one can be completely innocent and everyone is a victim."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 4/5 "When a community put a family under suspicion, they put themselves on-camera -- and this documentary shows it all."   Netflix   James Rocchi 4/4 "Disturbing and deleterious cinema."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 9/10 "Successfully [holds] up reality to our ideals, creating a portrait of devastation."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 2/4 "A document that, much like the denial-stricken members of the Friedman clan, seems to have become so clouded by bias that it refuses to look for the truths in front of it."   MovieMartyr.com   Jeremy Heilman A- "more twists and turns than a well crafted thriller"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 4.5/5 "It's compelling as hell, and it's a glimpse into the personal hell of a family torn apart by ugly acts."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3/5 "Director Jarecki takes his time in presenting the divergent points of view. But even at nearly two hours, one still feels there is a lack of information."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner A- ""Capturing the Friedmans" may present the American family as seen by David Lynch when he looks beyond the white picket fence. It's a uniquely compelling, darkly disturbing American drama."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford "Shocking and heartbreaking... a portrait of a family falling apart, squeezed dry from without and within."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 5/5 "Uma história absurdamente trágica e – o que é ainda mais grave – que representa um grave sintoma de uma sociedade em que a mídia ganhou poderes de polícia, juiz e executor."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "Full of bracingly honest self-examination, raw humour and a fascinating vein of hysteria and emotion, but its real power is in the intimate examination of family ties."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline B "Private family battles, captured on video for the whole world to see, and no two people in the film seem to be able to agree on what really happened."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten "Capturing the Friedmans is a film that goes beyond what you're watching on the screen. I left asking questions about how I was viewing it."   Movie Views   Ryan Cracknell A "This is no portrait of outrage, but of ambiguity and uncertainty."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 4/4 "It's dangerous, incandescent, and essential, a picture that exhausts and stimulates."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw 3/4 Read review   Q Network Film Desk   James Kendrick 7/10 Read review   JoBlo's Movie Emporium   JoBlo 3.5/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito 8/10 Read review   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger Read review   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr.  (1 - 31) of 31 OFCS Rating: 97% Fresh Page   1