What Haunts Us Reviews
September 27, 2020
A primer really on the subject of child molestation brought forth out of one story among countless stories that have occurred far too often and with far too consequences.
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| Original Score: 3.0/4.0
December 5, 2018
In a sense, this film marks the beginnings of a #MeUs movement: What should you have reported then and now?
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| Original Score: 5/5
November 1, 2018
What Haunts Us has a power that lasts far after one views the film.
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| Original Score: 2.5/5
August 1, 2018
... the real point of What Haunts Us is not so much that a terrible man did terrible things, but that so many others who probably think of themselves as good people allowed him to do it.
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| Original Score: 7/10
July 27, 2018
It's Tolmach's first film and a more assured hand might have given it more impact, but it's a brave effort and an important contribution to this area of cinema.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
July 4, 2018
a disturbing and deeply pertinent documentary for the era of Jerry Sandusky, Harvey Weinstein, and Larry Nassar
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
May 14, 2018
This gripping documentary, flaws and all, is not just an expos of unimaginable wrongdoing-it's a testament to the power, and necessity, of vocally confronting long-buried sins.
May 11, 2018
Tolmach uncloaks an enabling culture.
May 11, 2018
That the documentary comes from a place of great pain and shame is undeniable, and that pain is the film's driving force.
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| Original Score: 3/4
May 9, 2018
Absolutely the stuff of nightmares...will linger far longer in its audience's minds than most films about imagined terrors.
May 7, 2018
Damning DAMNING account of a school sex abuse scandal that should have closed Porter Gaud Prep's doors forever. But didn't.
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| Original Score: 3/4
November 20, 2017
An imperfect but moving argument that communities share blame for the abuse they fail to stop.