What Happened, Brittany Murphy?

This Documentary had a slow start and agree with the other Comments about the use of the Youtube Commenters. The Crocodile Tears from D-List Hollywood Types and Hangers On didn't help either. But keep watching.

Although slightly longer than necessary, it proved to be a relatively through and balanced investigation of Brittany's last days and Death. The Police Investigators and Coroner were very professional and believable to all but the most extreme Tin Foil Hat Wearers.

It seems likely Brittany's poor degenerate Husband was the primary contributing factor in her Death, and it was very disappointing that his Mother does not seem to be able to acknowledge her son's lifetime of wrong doing even after his Death.

It is sad Brittany Died. She paid a very high price for what turned out to be a very short lived Fame.

I am sorry but Brittany Murphy was not some great talent. She was a very good young comedic actress, and an attractive one at that, that Hollywood chewed up and spat out at a young age, as Hollywood has done 10,000 times.

We know how she died. She had lethal or close to lethal amount of prescription hydrocodone exacerbated by antihistamines, which can double the effect of hydrocodone. In fact persons addicted to hydrocode take antihistamines at the same time to double the opioid effect of the drug. Hydrocodone has gone from class III to class II in the US and been banned in much of Europe. Her friends had noticed that she was exhibiting a drug habit several years before this with severe loss of weight, slurring speech etc.

This woman's story is she was VERY talented. After age 30, when Hollywood tosses out most talented your women actresses, she ended up like most -- severely declining film and TV offers. All evidence is she turned to prescription opioids.

This film decides to use the techniques of the cowardly makers, rather than make direct assertions of every stupid conspiracy theory, dodge responsibility and have anonymous persons, YouTube nuts and gossip mavens make the lurid and conspiracy theory based claims. That is a cheap shot and a cowardly one at that.

Do yourself a favor and stream one of this talented person's works. That is their legacy. Their legacy is not the nonsense in this exploitive "documentary."

I didn't know much about Brittany Murphy other than remembering that when she died I thought it was incredibly tragic because she seemed like a legitimately sweet person, a good actor, and way too young. One thing that bothered me was that they twice showed texts of list of drugs and I'm not sure if they were ACTUALLY from an autopsy report or just random lists of drugs shown for sensationalism because they really ignored the possible overdose that would be all but guaranteed if they were found in her system. And the fact that they spent so much time airing random social media conspiracy "influencers" talking while doing makeup tutorials really makes me wonder how accurate the documentary is. It definitely made it feel trashy. Maybe if people were more responsible about what they baselessly say, people like Murphy wouldn't be driven to things like eating disorders, drugs, and desperation. Her last few years were quite a tragedy.

Using random vloggers as a means to propel the narrative offsets any credibility this mediocre film gains from its few substantive interviews. Mostly, it's just two hours of people offering unqualified opinions. It'd be easier and quicker to learn about this case via a web search. Even as a true crime fan I thought this one was a waste of time.

On the plus side there was some good photography, and the music was quite good. I was never a fan but I came away liking her a bit more after seeing this. Sadly, we hear more from airheads applying their makeup whilst vlogging than we hear about Brittany herself. A wasted effort, and and not worthy of your time unless you're a rabid fan seeking confirmation that Monjack was a bad guy.

5 stars, with two removed for the use of the vloggers.

I wasn't aware that the National Enquirer was into filmmaking. The gossipy information and opinions of the various vloggers was so enlightening, not to mention their helpful makeup tips.

Brittany Murphy deserves better.