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Casting JonBenet

2017

Kitty Green

Documentary, Self: Hannah Cagwin, Aeona Cruz, Liv Bagley ...

5.9

780

Documentary In 1996, Boulder, Colorado was rocked by the mysterious death of six-year-old pageant queen, JonBenet Ramsey. Two decades later, director Kitty Green returns to audition local actors, unpacking how each remembers and relates to the ill-fated Ramsey family. A darkly moving exploration of crime, guilt and personal bias, Casting JonBenet expertly blurs the lines between documentary and drama. The unsolved death JonBenet remains the world's ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Kitty Green creates something powerful, provocative and dazzlingly original (...) 'Casting JonBenet' expands the formal horizons of documentary"
		Charlie Phillips The Guardian	"[A] magnificent provocation to the very notion of truth (...) [A documentary] existing in a narrative universe all of its own (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Eric Kohn IndieWire	"A fascinating documentary experiment (...) 'Casting JonBenet' operates as a darkly entertaining look at how gossip can fuel legend to the point where truth loses its relevance."
		Peter Debruge Variety	"Kitty Green approaches the Ramsey case from a fresh angle in this mold-shattering meta doc."
		Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A riveting and unexpectedly moving documentary (...) The mirror it holds up to its subjects — and perhaps the audience — is incredibly, sometimes painfully illuminating."
		David Fear Rolling Stone	"It's a smorgasbord for thought that makes you reconsider being both an active player and passive participant in such endeavors. You can't look away from it. You also want to grope for the off button."
		Steve Pond The Wrap	"A fascinating and perplexing piece of storytelling (...) Unsettling and unnerving, the film is also a bold attempt to do something new with the nonfiction format."

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