The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell

This could have been much more effectively and intelligently told in a quarter of the time to make a stronger statement in support of abuse victims. Countless unnecessary recaps, terrible editing and numerous jumps around the timeline in the name of unachieved suspense are presented by a director and production team who will hopefully find different careers now. Jenn Oxborrow's contributions are the highlight that gain it some stars.

A 3hr long mess that could've easily been cut in half by these filmmakers, or doubled in length by competent storytellers. The story is dense, yet this documentary fails to dig past the surface, instead repeating the same 5 second clips over and over, and focussing way too much on the female journalist who clearly loves her own airtime.

On top of that, it covers parts of the timeline more than once - for no reason - and reveals way too much too early, eradicating any sense of tension or surprise and making it impossible for any respectable armchair detective to really get into it.

Utter, utter garbage.

I've seen probably ...really every show about this case and i could say this covers the whole thing in the best possible way.. given what we know... regarding evidence. one reviewer criticised the editing asking why the story was given away before the end?.. which i don't understand...? it actually followed the timeline. i liked that. and i liked that it was, to 99% probably, made out of original footage - meaning no reenactments.

totally recommended

Has some useful insights, but I consider it more supplementary to the "Cold" Podcast that came out earlier this year. They provide a lot more context than this documentary does and they go way deeper into Josh's story.

For all of you who feel the need to criticize Susan for her behavior towards Steve, it's clear that she was being naive, nothing more. Was it "good" behavior? Maybe not, but she clearly didn't think that's Steve was going to become obsessed with her about it and when he confessed his love for her, she was obviously not at all happy about it and practically avoided him like the devil from then on. It's always easy to criticize when we actually know what happened, but she didn't have that luxury.

I literally never write reviews but this was such a terrible documentary. They did a terrible job with this story and showed the same clips over and over again. The podcast "Cold" does a much better job and would be a better use of your time!!!