The Family I Had

This is a haunting and thought-provoking documentary that provides insight into an impossible situation a family is placed in after a tragic murder of one underage sibling by another. The documentary, in my opinion, is all the more interesting because it does not fall into the trap of trying to provide concocted closure where there can be none. I highly recommend it. Thank you to the family for sharing such awful and difficult thoughts.

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In this documentary I did enjoy it to an extent. I feel so much more could have been put into this. A lot of it is basically the same things being talked about. There are soooo many questions, theories, even people, neighbors, friends, family, etc...left out. Law enforcement left out. Many questions regarding this horrible tragedy need to be answered and if NETFLIX would have done it, O believe it would have shown so much more detail AND been an entire 10 episode docuseries. Real shame as the subject matter is well worth digging further into

Great story, but please do further research like I did. Charity relapsed a lot more than she states in the documentary. On top of that she blames all these guys and her mother for her issues, but she goes out an looks for men like that. She minimizes everything, and sets up foundations and plays a role like an actress , so as to hide who she really is. Hopefully I never meet anyone like her in my life, because she's the definition of toxic. Feel bad for the children they never had a chance at a good life.

I see that some of the reviews rate this film a bit low, but they are only making judgements on the people being profiled. They are not reviewing film. The documentary is very-well put together. There is not a wasted shot, no repetition, and no filler material. The bridging animation is relevant and apt - utilizing the artwork of the main subject. The story is compelling, tragic, and so coldly horrifying that it would not be accepted as a work of fiction. It's just too awful.

It was very interesting but I think it should've been longer I wanted to know why Paris did what he did to Ella what provoked him at such a young age to do such a thing, what provoked him in general because I couldn't imagine doing such a thing.