Capturing the Friedmans
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- Synopsis
- Arnold and Elaine Friedman were a seemingly typical couple living in Great Neck, NY, in the 1980s. Arnold was an outgoing and well-liked schoolteacher with an interest in electronics who also ran a private computer school out of their home....
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- Director(s)
- Andrew Jarecki
- Distributor(s)
- Magnolia
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 107 min.
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Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
As the Friedmans split apart like fissile neutrons, their story becomes five stories, none of which is remotely like the others.Read the full review
USA Today | Mike ClarkAdd Critic to Favorites
Not since "Memento" has a movie served up such a provocative mind-bender, and the Sundance winner by first-time filmmaker Andrew Jarecki has the advantage of being true.Read the full review
Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites
Jarecki has created a tour de force of narrative ambiguity, and in doing so has made one of the most honest reality shows ever.Read the full review
