A film so caught up in itself that it winds up falling victim to its own media circus and "wow" factor. It purports to be about deep, serious issues, but it's too dismissive, manipulative, and unfocused where it actually matters. Simply an extremely rushed assembly line of paying lip service to legitimately intriguing topics, all in service of a thesis that's far too simple for its own good. Each piece of new information is treated like a plot twist rather than an important element of the story. The actual story is great, but the filmmaking is less so.

*Spoiler below...? but please read anyway, it's not something you'll be surprised by if you watch the movie*

Also, the way it…

65/100

A.V. Club review. I didn't know this story and it is certifiably nuts. More importantly, it's an insane story that's well served by a filmed treatment (even though, as my friend Vadim pointed out, virtually all of the information was public record 20 years ago), and particularly by director Tim Wardle's decision to interview Robert and David separately for most of the movie, denying us not just the side-by-side view we crave (and do eventually get) but even many direct cuts from one to the other. Wardle overreaches with his "nurture trumps nature" conclusion as it relates to Eddy's sad fate (not a spoiler; you can tell both from his absence and from the way he's spoken of that…