Skreee

I seldom give 1 star, but this is ridiculous. There is nothing new in this documentary, no new information, no "secrets". The first parts gives the info about the case, which it repeats every ten minutes after a potential ad break. And then the second part *repeats* all that for 20 Minutes! And in the end, you gain nothing except what you already knew at the beginning: a doctor probably killed his wife, they couldn't prove it, he died without being found guilty, that's it. There was evidence the police didn't use, but why they didn't use it isn't examined beyond "we didn't find the witness reliable". Why? We'll never know! Infuriating.

Apparently this isn't the director's first movie. Which is bad because that's the only thing that would excuse this amateurish nonsense. Actors are bad, editing is *really* bad, camera is bad, dialogue is bad, and I am not sure I can watch enough of this to see if the story is equally as bad. I laughed more in the first seven minutes of this than in some comedies, it is so ridiculous. And this isn't even taking into account that Kevin Spacey is in this dreck. I almost felt sorry for him (but not really, obviously). I hope the director goes to film school or something next. I have seen movies with far smaller budgets that were first time projects that had so much more talent and ideas and knowledge. This is just laughably bad.

The whole first episodes are a drag, and they are played like a farce. 3/10. I nearly turned it off. And then the last two episodes are great drama and written far better. 9/10. They should have done it as a two or three episode miniseries instead. Some characters are so overdrawn they feel out of place. And for a series that is (in the end) so squarely in women's corner, why write the wife's character basically as a stereotypical nagging jealous wife? It adds nothing to the point the series makes. There are some baffling decisions in this, so it's quite flawed, all in all, but it was a joy to see Gillan being able to show what she's capable of as an actor.