Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses

The movie depicted a storyline that was nowhere near what happened. It's sad that the director went against the whanau's wishes to not exploit the life of Janet Moses. They went off of stories and he said she said instead of full factual evidence. I'm appalled in the least that this was even created. If you want a thriller that states it's based on a true story when in actuality it's not true at all, then by all means watch it. But personally after watching that I would rather eat my own foot.

I really don't understand the harsh reviews! In my opinion, this is a beautifully done film. It is a heart breaking story, but also such an interesting insight into Maori culture and spirituality. I thought the actors did an amazing job with the dramatic reenactments. Give it a watch, it's worth it!

Just watched this for the second time because even after several years, I still find myself thinking of it often. It's a really nuanced topic - not defending the family's actions, but there are so many components at play. I'm glad they had experts/prominent figures on who came it at from different angles but all remained respectful of general Maori beliefs. It would have been easy to neglect that area and I do think that if this had been made outside of NZ, it wouldn't have upheld that level of respect and insight. The creators of this did a really great job.

Even just on a visual level, it's striking and immersive. Something about it also really brings forward the humanity of the people involved - they never come across as cardboard cutouts, which is a downfall of a lot of similar films and documentaries.

It's uncomfortable to watch and it's bleak. It will most likely stick with you. But it's a well made piece on a terribly sad story and if you're up to it, it's definitely worth watching.

What an extraordinary documentary, what a complicated situation, how belief and faith can at the same time emanate so much strength and so much pain, love and hate, life and death, I was able to feel very sorry for this family, it seemed impossible, unlikely, but they killed for love to think that they were saving the, so much so that the sentence of the condemned family was social services, revolting what the church and certain sects can cause...

First of all its super slow. This movie deserves no more than 45-50 mins of your time. The plot itself is interesting. But we get zero understanding from psychological point of view wth was going on with the girl and how the whole family can turn into psychos. It almost felt like they were trying to justify a gruesome murder. Waste of time.