37

The story of Kitty Genovese has transcended time, and fascinated people for decades, like myself. Loving true crime stories and growing up in Queens, NY, this was a story that I've read and researched repeatedly. I had no idea a movie was made, and wish it had stayed that way. I watched this (April 2024) and could not believe how awful this movie was. My anticipation of my 2 favorite things combining (true crime and movies) led to absolute failure. Characters were not developed, there was no clear plot and Kitty was not featured as she deserved to be. There was so much potential here to tell her story and do it the justice it has deserved for 40 years now. Her story still remains shrouded in lies and ambiguity and it's a total shame. When Hollywood tries to sell you a "true" story, it's with a giant grain of salt. They have yet to get this story right and as always, they are only interested in profit, not people. There is still no justice for Kitty. If you watch this movie, you too will realize you spent 1 hour and 20 minutes of your life, that you will never get back, do anything else!

This movie was a disjointed mess....The title and brief information given about the movie have nothing to do with the movie....I don't believe that victim's name was even mentioned during the film...I can't believe that this crap was funded...somebody had to be looking at this mess as it was being filmed and edited??? They should not pay the director for this garbage....Furthermore, I seriously doubt that there was one shred of truth to any of this film, with the exception of the opening title and information line....This film should be deleted from the planet....absolutely no redeeming qualities....it doesn't deserve a "one" it deserves a "0".....WOW what a piece of crap!!!!!!!!

I generally don't take the time to write reviews however having just watched the documentary The Witness and the agonizing investigation her brother did to bring peace to himself regarding his sister's tragic death, this movie was completely weird and did not make one iota of sense! How the children depicted in this film would be up at 2:00 AM having dysfunctional issues with their parents is beyond me. This movie is like a psychedelic bad acid trip. The murder itself is belittled and was so irrelevant to a bunch of meaningless circumstances that supposedly had all 37 characters preoccupied at the same time and in the same neighborhoods. It is just a pathetic epic fail to sell to the audience. I felt like an idiot to have kept my nose stuck to the screen for the agonizing amount of time it took for this movie to finally end.

I won't repeat all the justifiably outraged comments this film deserves by distorting not only the basic facts of the Genovese murder but also perpetrating misguided fiction. If you decide to make a movie based on any *real* case, at least do basic research. Even before "The Witness" (an amazing film) was released it was well-known that the Times had fluffed the apathy angle to stoke sales.

No, what makes Puk Grasten's film irredeemable is it's utter lack of a story or any compelling (strike that --- NON-repellent), even interesting characters. These fantasy "neighbors" are all given stereotypical bad-sitcom dilemmas and we watch them yell, kick, scream, and drag for the longest 85-minute run-time I've endured this year. None of the subplots has any bearing on the crime (you could be watching a really dull Law and Order) and Grasten falls back on primitive symbolism such as the innocent all-seeing nature of the child vs. jaded self-absorbed adulthood.

Maybe "37" is what it appears to be --- a glib, inauthentic, attention-seeking morality-play payday. But if "37" *is* a sincere attempt at making a meaningful or engaging film, its dismal failure doesn't make it any less a waste of anyone's time.

I would give this movie a 0, but there is Sophia Lillis here, and I am a fan of her. Even Sophia Lillis fans can safely skip this movie though: they'd better watch short movie Lipstick Stain, that movie is shorter (just 10 mins), and you get more of Sophia there.