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Dear Zachary is a both a touching tribute to a fallen friend and a heart-wrenching account of justice gone astray, skillfully put to film with no emotion spared.
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Just take our advice and bring tissues. You're going to need them. Nov 25, 2008 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Just take our advice and bring tissues. You're going to need them.
Hank Sartin
A slick account of ancient crevices in the human psyche rendered in cutting-edge cinematic style. Nov 20, 2008 | Full Review…
A slick account of ancient crevices in the human psyche rendered in cutting-edge cinematic style.
Stanley Kauffmann
An undeniably shattering story, if forgivably shaky in its impassioned, therapeutic unfolding. Nov 7, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
An undeniably shattering story, if forgivably shaky in its impassioned, therapeutic unfolding.
Robert Abele
Dear Zachary earns its right to engage us on a primal level, but it comes on the heels of so many films that don't, movies that...prey on modern fears and inflate third-rate material to the plane of tragedy. Nov 3, 2008 | Full Review…
Dear Zachary earns its right to engage us on a primal level, but it comes on the heels of so many films that don't, movies that...prey on modern fears and inflate third-rate material to the plane of tragedy.
David Edelstein
A four-handkerchief documentary if there ever was one. Oct 31, 2008 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
A four-handkerchief documentary if there ever was one.
Lou Lumenick
It is impossible not to be fired up by Kurt Kuenne's incendiary cri de coeur, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father. Oct 31, 2008 | Rating: 4/5
It is impossible not to be fired up by Kurt Kuenne's incendiary cri de coeur, Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father.
Stephen Holden
You can almost feel the love radiating out of every frame, from a father to a son who never met, but who will touch millions in ways they never thought possible. Jul 6, 2019 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
You can almost feel the love radiating out of every frame, from a father to a son who never met, but who will touch millions in ways they never thought possible.
Matthew Lucas
It's one of the few films guaranteed to turn its viewers into a sobbing mess by the end, and the raw power of its story is why it still has a lasting impact with people today. Jun 19, 2019 | Full Review…
It's one of the few films guaranteed to turn its viewers into a sobbing mess by the end, and the raw power of its story is why it still has a lasting impact with people today.
C.J. Prince
An uneven yet frequently heartbreaking documentary... Nov 27, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
An uneven yet frequently heartbreaking documentary...
David Nusair
Tense, twisting crime docu is deeply disturbing. Apr 21, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Tense, twisting crime docu is deeply disturbing.
Tracy Moore
Know as little going in as possible. The film's tragedy predates Facebook and Twitter, but the rapid-fire way in which its memorials are edited and the scope of those offering them feels like social-network expression of grief - fast, immediate, unifying. Sep 25, 2010 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Know as little going in as possible. The film's tragedy predates Facebook and Twitter, but the rapid-fire way in which its memorials are edited and the scope of those offering them feels like social-network expression of grief - fast, immediate, unifying.
Nick Rogers
A powerful home movie about real-world evil and good Jul 3, 2009 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A powerful home movie about real-world evil and good
Marty Mapes
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