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Interesting story. Glad to become more familiar with the history. Certainly no need to drag it over 8 episodes. Very slow and repetitive at times.

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 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.

It's intriguing at first but it just drags on through every episode. Could've been maybe two or three and it would've been fine

1. UK media are hacktivitsts masquerading as journalists.

They're so easily whipped into a frenzy by the slightest (unsubstantiated, I might add) shift in the wind, and will run wildly with accusations and innuendo without so much as an ounce of research.

It's no wonder the US media has become such a spectacle after seeing so much of this nonsense for so long.

The moronic female media member talking about how even SHE would know to secure the scene as a crime scene immediately just proves how out of their depth these supposed professionals are; how could you possibly know it's a crime scene when the little girl could have just wandered into the resort on her own? They searched the villa first, which is what I'd expect a family to do, with all hands on deck.

2. Portuguese authorities are every bit as inept as the media they used for their own benefit. These complete morons have zero idea how to conduct a proper/thorough investigation, much less work with media as a tool.

The moment the idiot compares himself to the FBI, I knew how completely incapable they were to solve this case, much less stating that releasing the stripe in Madeleine's eye would put her in danger? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

They arrived far too late, bungled the investigation as much as possible, and when they knew how utterly out of their depth they were, refused to get out of their own way and ask for help from far superior agencies.

3. Dogs as investigators is PROVEN junk science- much like handwriting analysis, analyzing reactions as proving guilt/innocence, etc.

Far too many people have been tossed in the trash heap based on these and other methods and later proven innocent to ever take this supposed evidence as anything but junk ever again.

Dogs simply want to please their trainers/owners and will react whichever way they feel will get them the best results. Without PROPER certification on the actual abilities of a dog/animal, there should never be another animal allowed to investigate a crime. You might as well be using a psychic.

This doc series does a solid job of exploiting all of these aspects, and shining a light on the ineptitude of all involved here.

I understand the McCanns simply wanted their daughter found, but letting Gerry speak at all was a mistake of immeasurable proportions, much less going to dinner while allowing your unsupervised children to sleep in another area of an unfamiliar resort.

I keep going back to this last bit- how do you avoid a tragedy? In most cases, common sense.

No, you absolutely cannot stop someone hell bent on making you a victim 24/7, but, as my mother always said "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." The sheer fact that these seemingly intelligent people (most of their group were doctors) felt perfectly justified in leaving eight sleeping toddlers/small children asleep outside of the watchful eye of at least one capable adult still boggles the mind.

In what world does this seem remotely rational? If you can't get to your child within 1 minute of a cry/scream/waking/etc., you're too far. Coupled with being in a country they're unfamiliar with, at a resort you have zero clue of the intentions of all employees, in the dark, at a place that OFFERED childcare services, just so you could have a meal and drink yourself silly with your doctor buddies?

For sobbing out loud, they had a GRANDMOTHER along, why wasn't she supervising the children in a single room? I don't care how 'tired/exhausted' the kids were, or how much of an inconvenience it would have been to have to be bothered with picking up your child(ren) and carry then back to your room- as a parent, your first responsibility ALWAYS lies with your child. Period.

This absolute dumpster fire was completely avoidable, and I'm very sorry they're still awaiting the return of their daughter. If nothing else ever comes of this tragedy, I sincerely hope it is a cautionary tale of how not to behave on vacation.

I was very interested through the first couple of episodes, I knew of this case but had forgotten many details. After the basics are established there's a mountain of speculation, which is often repeated in multiples, and comes from the press, the police, and any number of interviewees with an opinion.

They use a lot of clips from old news and talk show broadcasts from early on in the case, which didn't offer much then and still don't. The press, and interviews with members of it, are heavily featured while also clearly showing how awful they behaved. It spends far too much time on the Portuguese police. They lost any credibility on day one and that keeps getting massively worse thereafter.. The police investigation was laughable, but that doesn't stop the audience from hearing from them. All of this repetition eventually starts feeling like filler and the film unnecessarily long .

The series wraps up mostly focusing on the hired investigators which to me at least was the most interesting part of the film although not offering much of anything in terms of new leads, suspects, or even a direction to follow from here.

I got my closure watching just first 30 minutes of the show. When you are putting your 3 yr old kids to sleep in separate building alone without any sitter and dine out with friends in a foreign city what do you expect. Predators are lurking everywhere in the world and have very keen eyes. They can snatch your kid in an instant if you are not with them.I put all blame on the parents to put a toddler to sleep alone in an unlocked apartment and doing long dinner so far away. It's like an open invitation to strangers to come take their kids. This is beyond my understanding. My heart cries for beautiful child Madeleine.

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.

Overall it was very thorough and well assembled. I do believe the story could have been told in 4-6 episodes, instead of 8. It is hard to imagine the horror that this set of parents, their family and friends have experienced. We can pray for their well-being, but more importantly we should pray for Madeleine's safe return.

The case itself is very intriguing, with lots of real footage throughout the series. However, towards the end, I felt it was dragging and unnecessarily long. The subject matter went off on a tangent and dove into other cases and other people's lives. This could have been a 4 episode straight to the point series, rather than 8 episode. Nevertheless, I still thought it was well done and thoughtfully explained.

Some people feel this series was too long and could have been told in fewer episodes. But I found the delivery of the story extremely thorough! It felt like I was along for the ride of the investigation, leaving no stone unturned! I was riveted to the story, and I became aware early on that there was a story within a story. And then another story would arise! And each story had a life if it's own! I thought I was going to be disappointed at the end when I learned that Madeline has not yet been found, but I wasn't because of how the writers of the series delivered the last episode! It was brilliant. Instead of sadness I had hope! The visuals of all of the countries covered added even more interest for me. Hopefully we've learned something about politics, law inforcement, journalism and how we communicate from country to country! We can do so much better! And hopefully with all this effort and awareness Madelaine will found!

I had loosely heard about Madeleine McCann prior to watching "The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann". The miniseries looks at the disappearance, the investigation, and the various theories that arose. What I can say is that this is one shocking story, and I can't imagine what Madeleine's parents have gone through over the past 14 years.

It's not the greatest series ever, but I still recommend it, just to hear about the intricacies and and sheer mystery of the case.

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.

Okay so, I didn't watch the last two episodes cause I lost interest. If you are not familiar with this case, I would definitely recommend this. If you've followed the case extensively over the years, you most likely will not learn anything earth-shattering in this docu-series. However, I am very happy for all involved that the truth seems to be coming out.

Stuffed full of padding from grandstanding 'almost involveds' this could've been done in less episodes. I wouldn't say it's biased more that it's sitting on a fence built out of shaky evidence either way. Still a tragedy though.

There is SO much of this!

This meandering story that happens to be true at times seems like a veritable saga of stories within stories but that's not the mistake of the makers.

Twisting and turning, this is all very thoroughly researched and I walked away with a sense that now I had been schooled about the case.

This is less a story about getting a kid back than it is about bureaucratical confusion, the need to scapegoat, how everyone's flaws come out during stressful times. There are at least a dozen people here who could write an interesting book about the thing from their point of view alone.

That indeed is somewhat the point as you will see.

The people here are often odious and judgemental and if nothing else this is a lesson in reserving judgement and prioritizing a search, at least during the first year.

The McCanns were never charismatic people but they are not hateable here.

After watching this i agree Kate and Gerry McCann had nothing to do with Madeline being taken. They were guilty of negligence. The Portuguese Police tried to pin it on Kate due to them acting so slow from the get go. Very sad and i think the abductor killed Madeline due to the scale of the media coverage. Feel sorry for the parents.

Before I watched this documentary I believed the McCanns were scum and were highly likely to have been involved in her disappearance. I wanted this programme to confirm my suspicions about them. I wanted to see how guilty they truly were. But having watched this I've done a U turn and now firmly believe they weren't. It is a real game changer.

This documentary contains so many items of interest and nuggets of knowledge which were kept out of the media or were overlooked because people had made up their minds on the McCanns already. There is very interesting detail about previous cases of sexual predators operating on the algarve and also of a case a few years prior in which the Portuguese police conduct was very questionable. All the sightings of various suspicious characters in the area around the time of the abduction are laid out in detail too. The Portuguese had a tourist industry to protect and obviously wanted to pin it on the McCanns from day one. It was never investigated properly at all and valuable time was spent just trying to pin it on the parents. The parts of the film which focus on the private investigators are a real eye opener too. Whilst the use of private investigators was reported at the time, it is only in this film that you really get information on what investigations were actually undertaken. Essentially the McCanns had to hire these people because the Portuguese police were nothing short of useless and barely investigated at all.

Over the 8 hours of this I have genuinely gone on a journey of hating the McCanns to now feeling sorry for the plight they found them self in and believing that they genuinely had noting to do with her disappearance. And as the programme draws to a close it even provides a renewed sense of hope that one day Madeleine could be found.

The problem is the inclusion of the proven liar Kelvin Mackenzie. Why anyone would ask his opinion on anything is beyond me. He also refers to Madeleine as "very attractive" *eugh*

Drawn out rubbbish. Repetitive images and video to try and make a series. All speculation, opinion and no facts at all utterly pointless. Someone just trying to make money out of an event they don't know about. All just people trying to cash in on a news story. Disappointing that it's been able to get this far. Pointless and boring nothing new here. Don't waste you're time like I did.

The disappearance of a little girl is of course a tragedy, what I like about this documentary is the way it lays out different possibilities, different theories from different angles. It does this in a way that makes me challenge my own viewpoints. I find myself "thinking" a lot while I am watching this. I have to struggle to maintain neutrality when the film does an excellent job trying to persuade me otherwise. After 8 episodes, I think I get enough info from the film to make some preliminary judgment and rule out some theories proposed by the film. I was also able to get enough from the film to form some preliminary opinions on different suspects proposed by the film. This is an ongoing investigation and I think the police should have enough loose ends to pursue. At the end of the day, I think this documentary is superbly done, it keeps me on the edge of my seat and definitely deserves 8/10.

I was interested in this documentary for several reasons but most of all because I'm portuguese and I clearly remember this case from 11 years ago. Even today, after watching this I still feel embarassed by the police work that was done in this particular case and I sure hope they learned from their mistakes (probably they didn't but anyway).

Without spoiling anything about the documentary, I think it was well directed and it wasn't bias towards any particular theory in my opinion (even shows the progression from several different theories). Honestly I came here with one opinion (the same I had from back in the day) and after watching this series I left with a complete different interpretation. The sole reason for this is not because the documenatry is ground-breaking in terms of new discoveries but because it tries to tell the complete story that the portuguese media didn't fully tell at the time.

However, even though it was an interesting doc-series I felt it was maybe 1-2 episodes too long and it dragged a bit since they had no new information about the case so they tried to branch out to other cases from Portugal and other countries wich can be interesting but not fundamental to this particular case.

Overall, it's an interesting documentary to anyone who is interested in learning about the case but for those who already know a little bit about it I would skip it since it offers no new evidence or ground-breaking update on the case unfortunately.