Das Verschwinden von Madeleine McCann

Mixed feelings about this. A lot of repetition but the way the scenes were recreate gave me goosebumps. It clarified a lot of a my previous and naive thoughts about the case and it's up to each one of us believing in one of the versions !!

I watched all 8 episodes. If you have a strong interest in the case, then you are more than likely going to watch it regardless. Typical Netflix documentary. Slick titles, quite nicely shot, albeit a lot of repetitive scenes and drone footage of the beach and town.

However, I'm afraid to say that you are not going to learn a lot from it, if you have already followed the story from the outset.

A fairly good watch though, if it's a week before payday and you're skint and you have absolutely nothing else to do.

I was a hard core staunch believer that the McCanns had accidentally killed their daughter and covered it up. I had read the book, The Truth of the Lie, and I read case files found on the internet. I also watched lots of YouTube documentaries on how to tell when people are lying and how Gerry McCann was a great example of a liar, which compounded my opinion. I was convinced. They did it!

However now, after watching this Netflix documentary I'm not so sure. Other reviews are critizing this saying there's nothing new being said but that's simply not true. There are episodes that go into what the private dectectives found and uncovered that I would suspect most people didn't know about, etc.

So yes there will be new information you'll learn. Will it be a lot? Probably doubtful as it's been such a high profile case for over a decade, however the information I found interesting was enough to make me question my personal opinions.

Is there a conclusion? Of course not. We all know that. So people complaining about that aspect need to get real!

I do agree however that this could have been a much shorter documentary. They definitely dragged it out way too long. But if you're interested in the case then you'll watch it.

Lots of reviewers hate this because it's just a retelling of stuff everyone already knows. But actually I didn't know much about the story (being in Japan for the last 20 years or so), so it was very enlightening for me.

...who would NOT have been "taken" if the McCanns DID NOT LEAVE HER ALONE IN THE FIRST PLACE.

I had sympathy, then less, then less, and now I have NONE.

Even the "witness" who blamed the "good samaritan" who won 300+ pounds left HER OWN CHILD ALONE!

Nope, NO SYMPATHY.

Sorry, but if I were blessed with a child, I would never, EVER leave him or her ALONE for ANY amount of time, ESPECIALLY WHEN TAKING A VACATION IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY.

Just... disgusted by the way the parents of this precious child want to put the BLAME everywhere but on their OWN ACTIONS.

Sorry for the CAPS but this is a huge story of a small abduction (they are NOT the only people suffering this type of action, yet they also blame the police in Portugal for "not searching for" their daughter for over three years, when they spent what, an entire year trying to find a girl LEFT ALONE IN THE FIRST DAMN PLACE.