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Capturing The Friedmans (2003)

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Arnold Friedman Arnold Friedman
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Elaine Friedman Elaine Friedman
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David Friedman David Friedman
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Seth Friedman Seth Friedman
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Jesse Friedman Jesse Friedman
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John McDermott John McDermott
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Frances Galasso Frances Galasso
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A good movie

11 years, 9 months ago at Jan 17 10:32
I came across this documentary while watching a talk-show where a Dutch actress was mentioning some very interesting movies and this movie was one of those she chose to talk about. Eventually, it is a very peculiar and interesting documentary dealing with a rather unsettling subject. The interesting approach is that the makers used their own footage but also had unlimited access to the Friedmans o... read more

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9 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 12 11:52
I got to know about this documentary just a few months ago thanks to a professor and finally got around to watch it some days ago after I finished Shoah. It's a bit hard to say something about it because the other review covers it pretty well, but basically what you have here is an alleged case of pedophilia, and the documentary does a very good job in showing multiple different testimonies and p... read more
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A family in crisis is "captured" through home video in this searing documentary about the Friedmans, an upper-middle-class family who found their world turned upside down when father and son were charged with child molestation in 1987. The media inundated the airwaves with coverage of the alleged crime, but some of the best footage -- seen here publicly for the first time -- was shot by the Friedman family.
Release date: 18 July 2003
UPC: 026359227820
Tags: Documentary (14), Pedophilia (7), Crime (6), Suicide (6), Drama (5), Weird (5), Computer (5), Interview (5), 2003 (5), Killer (5), Divorce (5), Court Room (5), 2000s (5), DVD (4), Truth (4), Cat (4), Clown (4), Eccentric (4), Dysfunctional Family (4), Pedophile (4)
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Fernando Leonel Alba posted a review 9 months, 3 weeks ago

“I got to know about this documentary just a few months ago thanks to a professor and finally got around to watch it some days ago after I finished Shoah.

It's a bit hard to say something about it because the other review covers it pretty well, but basically what you have here is an alleged case of pedophilia, and the documentary does a very good job in showing multiple different testimonies and perspectives from the accused, the rest of their family, the supposed victims, policemen in charge of the case at the time, judges, lawyers, and more implied, and each one of them intertwined with something said by someone else, whether complimentary or against the previous declaration, widening and improving the coverage of the matter at hand, while also not doing it too fast so it doesn'” read more

They did mention that, the sons were in denial or defending him , the wife claimed she didn't know about them, and was actually against her husband ever since he was found out.
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" First Viewing Viewing Date: May 28th Via: YouTube Movies Plot: Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes. Rating: 9.0/10 Why Did I Watch It? I remember the furore this created when it first came out, and it eluded me for years. This recently reappeared on my radar via an IMDb recommendation, and I promptly jumped on it"


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"A documentary movie about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Director Andrew Jarecki interviews people from different sides of this tragic story and raises the question of whether they were rightfully tried when they claim they were innocent and there was never any evidence against them. This award winning documentary deals with two very unpleasant themes: pedophilia and destruction of a family"


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"11.7, PC Capturing The Friedmans näyttää mielenkiintoisella tavalla ympäristön käyttäytymisen, kun arvostettu yhteisön jäsen, Arnold Friedman, paljastuukin pedofiiliksi. Vaikka kaikkien jälkikasvu ei uhriksi olisi joutunutkaan, ollaan asiasta silti varmoja ja yritetään kanssaeläjien toimesta syöttää sekä vanhemmille että lapselle faktana sitä asiaa, että jos lapsi on ollut tekemisissä pedofiliasta epäillyn atk-opettajan kanssa, niin silloin hyväksikäyttöä on tapahtunut"


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"Home movies, sibling solidarity, wild allegations of sexual abuse, and the power of suggestion all wage battle over the truth, forever disfiguring the face of a seemingly normal Jewish family."


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" 6.28 Unforgettable documentary of a family faced with scandal when the father is arrested for child pornography and possible child fornication. Director Andrew Jarecki's captured the family Friedmans at its best and worse, a must see film."


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