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The Gabby Petito Story

  • TV Movie
  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.
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Follows Gabby's tragic murder, centering on her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what might have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.Follows Gabby's tragic murder, centering on her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what might have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.Follows Gabby's tragic murder, centering on her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what might have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.

  • Director
    • Thora Birch
  • Writers
    • Richard Blaney
    • Gregory Small
  • Stars
    • Skyler Samuels
    • Evan Hall
    • Thora Birch
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
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    • Director
      • Thora Birch
    • Writers
      • Richard Blaney
      • Gregory Small
    • Stars
      • Skyler Samuels
      • Evan Hall
      • Thora Birch
    • 29User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Skyler Samuels
    Skyler Samuels
    • Gabby Petito
    Evan Hall
    Evan Hall
    • Brian Laundrie
    Thora Birch
    Thora Birch
    • Nichole Schmidt
    Douglas Taurel
    Douglas Taurel
    • Joe Petito
    Monica Moore Smith
    Monica Moore Smith
    • Rose
    Matisha Baldwin
    Matisha Baldwin
    • Agent Shaw
    Samuel Whitten
    Samuel Whitten
    • Jim Schmidt
    Lonzo Liggins
    Lonzo Liggins
    • Officer #1
    Brian Kinney
    Brian Kinney
    • Officer 2
    Melanie Nelson
    Melanie Nelson
    • Reporter
    Nikki SooHoo
    Nikki SooHoo
    • Miranda
    Aaron Groben
    Aaron Groben
    • John
    Tyonne Chambers
    Tyonne Chambers
    • Friend
    Jan Broberg
    Jan Broberg
    • Attorney
    Dymone Priestley
    Dymone Priestley
    • Produce Guy
    Kimberly Houk
    • Network Reporter
    Stacey Ann Turner
    Stacey Ann Turner
    • Tara Petito
    Bridger Johnson
    • TJ
    • Director
      • Thora Birch
    • Writers
      • Richard Blaney
      • Gregory Small
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    5missabellaj

    Poor dynamics

    This is a film depicting domestic violence, circumstances matter. The actress portraying Gabby is someone who appears to be in her early thirties when Gabby AND her friend were in their twenties. A for effort, but for victims who have been there and done that, it does NOT portray an unknowing victim.

    The events appear accurate, and also introduces an element of mental health problems as to Brian which was not made main stream to the public, which could shift the court of public opinion.

    I don't know. I have mixed thoughts. New elements, and improper casting leaves me feeling unsettled about public perception.
    3missbella-04960

    Horribly done

    I think this could have been put together so much better. This was a sad story. I could not stop watching the news I just felt the movie was too rushed.. no chemistry between characters .... Any of them.

    The best friend was beyond cheesy. She seemed more into herself than the role. What's up with the eyelashes There was no lead up, I didn't have any connection with anyone Gabby deserved so much better

    How do we know what their last words were? I know this isn't 100% accurate. But we don't know what was going on.

    Brian and his family are absolutely horrible people Karma has its way of working around.
    4alexissindler

    Not realistic

    I found this movie very 1 sided. I'm not saying Brian wasn't very jealous, controlling and in need of therapy. But this movie shows basically none of Gabbies issues, anxiety, ocd, despression. Things we know she had because there's footage of her saying it. She had a dependence of him. She said she didn't feel comfortable away from him. So portraying her as a confident free spirit that he was constantly trying to corral isn't realistic. Her videos very much showed a timid, meek but adventurous girl. Brian obviously manipulated Gabbie, put her excitement of becoming an Influencer down because he wanted her to always need him but I don't believe he was a psychopath like Jeffrey Dahmer. I hate when movies that are about a real life event are so one sided in telling the story. All they had to do was portray her as she really was and with all the footage of her that should of been easy. No one knows what caused Brian to strangle Gabbie to death. But it's not so hard to hypothesize that they were arguing something they were known to do and he got so angry he stangled her. The real lesson in all of this the lesson I'd want to the world to learn if I was Gabbie. Is not to ignore all the red flags. Listen to your gut. You might love a person but together you're toxic for each other. Sometimes when you've become dependent on someone for comfort or for whatever reason it's hard to break yourself away. I'd like to think Gabbies story with no help from this movie has helped many get out of a situation that may have ended the same way hers did. I know her parents hated the idea of this movie and asked it not be made to begin with. Which is very understandable. Hopefully they can take comfort in knowing her actual story saved many.
    8PotomacPunchy

    Doing a service to the abused women out there

    To all those who are complaining that the filmmakers didn't have permission to make the movie, I think you need to shift your focus.

    A few years ago in the US four women per day were murdered most often by a current or former partner.

    Recently it's now five women per day. No one else is doing anything substantial to help stop women in this country from being murdered, nor stop the victim blaming, except movies like this which show what an abuser and victim look like.

    It does a fantastic job of showing the different stages in a situation between an abusive partner and their victim.

    Movies like this save lives much more than people who complain about little things.
    1yellowgrenade

    Didn't take long for Hollywood to cash in on this girls story.

    This movie only serves to prove the fact that Hollywood is without morals.

    This poor girl only died LAST YEAR in 2021, and there is already a movie about it, ONE year it took for some low life proeuction company to turn it her ruthless murder into entertainment. And that is all they've tried to do here.

    This isn't some facutal documentary covering the details of a crime, this is a dramatised movie, for entetainment purposes. I dont see how anybody could watch this and not feel disgusted by its exsistance this soon aftere the event.

    Everybody invovled in this movie should be ashamed of themselves. From the writer and directer, to the C and D list celebrities they bought cheap to play the roles. Shame on everybody. I bet nobody invovled would like to see a cheap movie being made about the murder of their own kid only a year after they had been burtally murdered. Disgusting. That's all it is.

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      As this movie premiered on October 1, 2022, Jan Broberg, the actress portraying the Laundries' attorney, has a series premiering on October 6, 2022 about her own life as a kidnap-and-abuse victim, titled "A Friend of the Family."

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    • Release date
      • October 19, 2023 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gabby Petito
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      • Lifetime
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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      • 16:9 HD

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