The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith

... the sound design is SO IRRITATING and distracting. I'm in the film industry and I would have sent this back. It lacks mature choices.

This is a documentary not an episode of CSI. These are real people and a viewer knows when to feel and what to feel. We don't need a sound track that competes. We need to hear the PEOPLE and the INFORMATION.

I had to mute the sound to just get through it after a point. Beverly Lynn Smith, RIP.

The sound quality on this is so poor that it is completely unwatchable. The background "music" is not background, and drowns out everything else. I'm disappointed, because I really wanted to watch this.

With all due respect to the victim's family and friends, it's a story that should be told but it's a shame it was this gang who told it. This is another 'gibney' type clone where the producers seem to think that splashing a lot of images and using quick edits you won't notice that the film is dragging way behind the story. You could write the whole story down in 100 words or less but they take 3 hrs to tell it in film. I won't give away the story because that would be unfair to those who want to waste 3 hrs watching this but trust me, you can use fast forward and you won't miss a thing. Don't look for the plot twists they promise at the beginning because they're not there, and there's no closure at the end either despite the interviews.

I had no idea this happened in my neck of the woods. It's an important story. "Mr. Big" is very controversial here in Canada. I've interacted with police over the years in a work capacity, and I don't really like them. Policing needs to change. There remains an aura of "we will have our way".

The series could have been done perfectly in two episodes ..there was so much repetition. The set "scenes" were ridiculous, shabby retro, lampshades tilted, etc. Not necessary. The panning in and out of objects was really annoying. The last episode of the series is the best.

Overall this needed to be told.

What a story. I think this could have been done with fewer episodes and not so much repetition. The case itself is interesting with twists and turns and kooky characters, but in the end there was no resolution. This is fine if they were just trying to bring a cold case to light and get some justice.

It also felt as if the family and others were all holding back information. This could have been the fault of the doc makers though.

I do suggest watching it if you like true crime and unsolved crimes.