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Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, and with over $3 million at the box office to date, Capturing The Friedmans is nothing short of the most riveting, provocative, and hotly debated films of the year. Despite their predilection for hamming it up in front of home-movie cameras, the Friedmans were a normal middle-class family living in the affluent New York suburb of Great Neck. One Thanksgiving, as the family gathers at home for a quiet holiday dinner, their front door explodes, splintered by a police battering ram. Officers rush into the house, accusing Arnold Friedman and his youngest son Jesse of hundreds of...
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| Starring: |  | Arnold Friedman | | Elaine Friedman | | David Friedman | | Seth Friedman | | Jesse Friedman | | Howard Friedman |
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Capturing the Friedmans Movie Review by Seth C  (10/21/2006) |
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People lie.
Children lie, adults lie and people lie.
That's life.
In Andrew Jarecki's documentary "Capturing The Friedmans," we see a family literally ripped apart through new interview footage and most importantly - and amazingly - old home videos from the Friedman family themselves. Why are they ripped apart? Because...
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| Capturing the Friedmans Movie Review by Ezra (2/16/2007) |
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Almost as devastating as Irreversible, but all real. An extremely powerful depiction of the deterioration of a family and the ambiguities of the U.S. legal system. After watching the film, I'm still not sure what to believe, but I defy anyone to remain unmoved.
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