Lost Girls

"Liz Garbus enters the realm of drama as if born to it (...) Garbus works with a no-fuss rhythm and flow, holding the audience in the palm of her hand" 

"It's serious, respectful, gravely melancholic. Yet anger best describes the movie's atmosphere, its overall mood and its authorial tone". 

"'Lost Girls' marks a disappointing move into narrative features for accomplished documentarian Liz Garbus, whose gift for compelling fact-based storytelling is not reflected in the pedestrian screenplay by Michael Werwie" 

"Garbus, who has long been motivated by stories about remarkable women and horrible crimes, makes a strong showing with 'Lost Girls,' her first narrative feature" 

"Garbus’ film is at its best when giving voice to the female relatives of these victims, (...) when Garbus takes the long view — her camera pulling back to emphasize the awful loneliness of the marshy stretches where these women died — “Lost Girls” hits hard. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" 

"Though the film eventually gets to where it needs to go, it feels scattered, stumbling over true crime tropes on the way." 

"The main problem isn’t that it focuses on one mother’s rage against the system; the problem is that the rage is so narrowly defined and explored (...) The real victims of this case and their families deserved better.