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Movie Info

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Lizzie Kempton, Rowan Deacon

Cast & Crew

Lizzie Kempton
Director

Rowan Deacon
Director

Sophie Leonard
Executive Producer

Arthur Cary
Executive Producer

Clare Paterson
Executive Producer

Critic Reviews for The Case of Sally Challen

All Critics (6) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (6)

The film delved deeper than most into the intricacies of the case, and the main players' psyches, tracing the filaments of each without becoming either tangled up or intrusive.

December 11, 2019 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Lucy Mangan
Guardian
Bit by bit, the film meticulously built the case for the defence, as her lawyers set out to explain how a housewife with no history of violence could commit such a horrific act.

December 11, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Anita Singh
Daily Telegraph (UK)
Ever wondered who would frequent a brothel where there are trafficked women? Wealthy car dealership owner Richard Challen was That Guy. This gripping documentary follows the course of the appeal and the specific challenges her legal team faced.

December 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Suzi Feay
Financial Times
It was an excellent, meticulous film about a tragedy in which there were no winners, only losers.

December 10, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Carol Midgley
Times (UK)
The Case of Sally Challen unravelled, with patience and a refreshing absence of sentimentality, the story of a wife who murdered her husband.

December 16, 2019 | Full Review…

Euan Ferguson
Observer (UK)
This case may represent a legal landmark, but there was nothing to celebrate.

December 10, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Christopher Stevens
Daily Mail (UK)