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A very real, raw, emotional exploration of the entirely avoidable tragedy that unfolded on Valentines Day 2018.

Unfortunately the director is at various points grossly insensitive and intrusive in his questioning of survivors in a way that is very uncomfortable to watch.

Documentary is well done and I enjoyed as much as you can a documentary on such a horrific tragedy. However.... The interviewer conversing with the parents was too straightforward. He comes across as harsh and truly lacking in compassion.. kind of ruins the whole thing as I became distracted by my anger for this guy who I believe is the director, Charlie Minn.

Graphics at the beginning are very well done and as the dots change from green to yellow or blue, your heart really breaks because these are such senseless lives lost.

I wish they would have delved a little more into the shooters possible motivations and outcome.

A documentary is, unlike a movie, where you get to meet the actual people who were involved in an incident and in the two hours that I watched, I felt that I was hearing from people whose lives were deeply changed as was mine, from just listening to them. I stand in awe of their bravery.

I don't know if I would go as far to call it truly exploitative or disrespectful, but it rides the line at a couple of points (Minn's interviewing style is sometimes a little aggressive though, considering some of the interviewees, for sure).

The other potential issue is the length and the repetition. It's technically not very competent, in terms of how it looks and is cut together, and does get by because of the content and some of the emotional stories recounted... and the fact that I think at its core, it's intentions are ultimately good.

Seeing this was incredibly important, but so, so incredibly sad. I am so lucky to have never been through something so tragic and terrifying, and after the event I was scared our school (also in Florida) would be next. It's incredibly scary to think about and my heart goes to every victim who died that day, to the ones who never got to graduate like I did. To the students and faculty who will forever be traumatized by this event, my heart goes to them. Please just be aware of everything going around you and stay safe.

Insensitive, totally rude questions, I deeply feel for the victims but the interviewer/director is not the right person who should have done this movie at all.

Asking questions to victims with survivor's guilt like "how do you live with that every day?" is downright stupid and outrageously insensitive. The guy has an emotional IQ of about zero.

I highly recommend a warning for individuals who lost someone in a mass shooting be added. There is not currently one and after less than 15 minutes I could watch no more. For those who don't know what it is like this is very educational but for those who have lost someone in this manner a disclaimer should be added because this was damaging to my recovery from grief because I didn't understand how real it would be because there was no opening disclaimer to warn me.

It is a shame that this keeps happening, but the silence at the end of the documentary seems to be a little ridiculous

I have watched many of Charlie Minn's documemtaries regarding mass shootings and have found each one to be excellent.

His documentaries are fact based and void of sensationalism or conjecture. He does ask the tough questions. But they are questions most of us are asking ourselves already, and the answers help us all heal and make "sense" of and process these tragedies in hopes, I believe, of preventing this from ever happening again. I thank the survivors (incl. Families, teachers, friends) for answering them. In order to help us all.

After watching the first one (77minutes) I felt he was a little too critical of law enforcement. But that shooting happened in a time of limited communications, unlike the digital world we take for granted today, so I felt, in that movie, his criticisms were a bit unfair.

I wanted to blame the shooter (of course) and hold them solely responsible. And they are - for the act itself. But as I watched more of Minn's docs, I began to see his point. We needed to act more quickly. We needed to do more to prevent injuries and deaths of our most precious commodity, our future. Our children and teachers and schools.

Mr. Minn was quite busy reporting on mass shootings it seems, from about 2016-2020, then this type of tragedy seemed to slow down quite a bit. Was it the tough questions that actually helped?

Or maybe it was the student activists from Parkland that actually made the difference?

I had hoped there was a way to review Charlie Minn, himself, as a director, but alternately chose to review this documentary because I (ten years later) actually cried, the students organized, marched and spoke out, and after this, mass ahootings with mass casualities actually dropped significantly God Bless Charlie Minn and all survivors, everywhere for telling these stories, and for helping us to respond better in situations like these Well done documentary.

The director used cheap, dramatic questions to provoke sensationalistic answers from victims and witnesses. There's always someone who will exploit tragedy for personal gain. The film does offer interesting perspectives from witnesses, but the directors sensationalistic tactics are deplorable and desperate.

The director turned what could have been an important documentary into exploitation at its worst. The gut-wrenching questions to the families and the survivors were absolutely shameful. The 20/20 hindsight and finger pointing clearly show where the director wanted this tripe to go. If you enjoy suffering and the blame game, watch this one. If you don't, watch something else. This film is terrible in every sense.

The line of questioning from the director are completely insensitive and inappropriate. This is a sad attempt to capitalize on a tragedy.

This definitely has potential. It's raw, the footage is terrifying, and you truly feel like you're in the school with the map.

I did not finish this documentary. There were many moments that I found the interviewer to be inappropriate, then he asked a survivor how she "lives with the guilt" of her friend being shot instead of her. What a disgusting question, asked only to get the reaction of this poor girl who watched her friends die. That's just insensitive and cruel, I turned it off immediately.

My heart breaks for all of the victims and their families. This is a hard watch for many reasons.

Watching this video moved me very deeply, sadly those who made this film were only focused on the awards they expected. my very first review so yes you can kiss it. this is not an isolated event, what gave these guys the advantage was the cell phone footage of the beginning (the other events like this did not have cell phones so those that told the story made a lot of money) sad, i FEEL for everyone involved. victims and police. NO ONE knows how they will react unless you are there..despite your training. STOP ROMANTICIZING EVIL. be real. i love you. tragedy is tragedy, i am hugging you.

The trial was still going on and families mourning when this was being filmed and released for entertainment. This is not entertainment these are real lives that were ruined. I grew up 5 mins away from this school and had friends who went here. We are deeply effected by this and the who shall not be named is not even getting the death penalty. Please PLEASE consider our feelings and what we have been through before releasing a film for entertainment. I hope the proceeds go to the family's effected by this horrible event.

Its good to spread the word but this is so terrible.

Apparently my review is too short so here.

Watch any of his Garbage documentaries.. Finger Pointing and Hindsight. Clearly a Liberalistic view.. and Minn shouldn't be allowed to videotape a Christmas Concert .

Some was interesting (and obviously horrifically sad). I was moved by the words of the survivors and their families. It's started out okay. But the questions from the director were so ridiculous, so insensitive, so juvenile. It was like a film that an immature high schooler would write. I felt terrible for the position the families were put in. It was also wayyyy too long and a lot was repetitive. Weak editing. Felt like some content was just a time-killer. Looked like a student film from a C+ student. Such important subject matter and it turned out to be, well, cringe. I started out "enjoying" it (if that's the word) but as it went on, it just became embarrassing.

Honestly I don't get how this director keeps making movies In every movie he blames the situation on the police I started this movie being like he finally is actually talking about the victims and the survivors and not blaming anyone but the shooter Nope asks very inappropriate questions That to be honest if I had gone through that event I would have been so upset And obviously again blames everything on police officers STOP LETTING HIM MAKE MOVIES !