Life with Murder

I don't understand how these parents can stand by this idiot of a son... he's a horrible, pathetic, lying monster. So very sad..

There are telling moments in this documentary where you can see it is also the parents who are scared of the truth.

Denial comes in many forms and this film reveals the weakness and fragility that envelops this family.

3 people made a choice to continue living as if this tragedy never happened. If the mother and father can be so pragmatic then is this about their love for their son or their own selfish needs taking precedence. That is that they made a choice to keep their son in their life rather than face the reality of what he did and it's consequences.

Shamefully, the murdered sibling and how she died has almost become an irrelevance.

At the beginning I felt empathy for the parents and what they must have been going through. By the end that had long since disappeared.

This movie is not flashy or full of the beautiful people doing exciting things. It's 10 years after a family tragedy, a family ripped apart and not yet back together, afraid of asking questions when they might not want the answers. My heart was heavy every minute, always with the ultimate question, "What would I do?" I know the family is still suffering with pain and doubt, and my heart aches for them. I can't fault the parents for any of their choices. These people are such "normal folk" as they say. This movie makes me aware that even if you decide to be dull and normal, other people can rip that choice away from you, and then what do you do?

If you have a child/children, this film makes you ask a fundamental question: whether you agree with what the father & mother did in forgiving their son for what he did - and tried to do - would you be that kind of parent?

This was an excellent documentary about a twisted and horrific situation these poor parents found them selves in. You can see the devastation and toll it has taken on them. He seems like a sociopath, more or less. The way he reminisced about his sister on the anniversary to his Dad. You can understand their reasons for doing what they are doing. The Dad's sister says they are a mother and father, they are 'mothering and fathering'. But it also feels like a toxic situation, surely, especially given what was revealed throughout the documentary.