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.
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02/25/04
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Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
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Reviews Counted:143
Fresh:139
Rotten:4
Average Rating:8.4/10
Consensus: A haunting depiction of a disintegrating family, and a powerful argument on the elusiveness of truth.
Theatrical Release:May 30, 2003 Limited
Box Office: $2,794,120
Synopsis: 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... [More]
Starring: Arnold Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman, Seth Friedman
Director: Andrew Jarecki
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Reviews for Capturing the Friedmans
Even more compelling is the way it tackles faulty human memories.
02/02/04
...one comes away with a sense of angered sensationalism...Clearly, this odd and probing documentary is affecting in its seedy uncertainty.
01/27/04
Director Andrew Jarecki mounts a convincing argument but declines to work up the kind of scalding condemnation of the justice system that his findings would seem to demand.
01/21/04
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.
01/16/04
It's compelling as hell, and it's a glimpse into the personal hell of a family torn apart by ugly acts.
01/05/04
Capturing the Friedmans is an unforgettable film that will have you talking long afterwards.
01/01/04
Successfully [holds] up reality to our ideals, creating a portrait of devastation.
12/19/03
It uses the documentary format to search for knowledge, not to polemicize it.
11/22/03
Some would say that it's 'Schadenfreude,' a fascination with disaster, that keeps us watching...But this film provides rare insight into the failure of a American family...
11/11/03
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.
11/11/03
This is probably the closest viewers will ever come to watching a family in this sort of crisis
09/19/03
The Friedmans aren't merely captured for the audience -- they're stripped naked, then left to hop up and down on a bed of emotional hot coals.
09/19/03
Capturing the Friedmans is the type of film that begs to be discussed once the house lights come up.
09/12/03
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09/10/03
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.
09/01/03
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08/31/03
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08/29/03
Shocking and heartbreaking... a portrait of a family falling apart, squeezed dry from without and within.
08/22/03
I can't stop thinking about the Friedmans. I want to, but I can't.
08/20/03
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