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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (TV Miniseries)

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

2015

Andrew Jarecki

Documentary

7.9

7,639

TV Series. Documentary TV Series (2015-2024). 12 Episodes. Directed and produced by Andrew Jarecki and produced and shot by Marc Smerling (the Oscar® nominees behind “Capturing the Friedmans”), the six-part documentary series exposes long-buried information discovered during their seven-year investigation of a series of unsolved crimes, and the man suspected of being at its center – Robert Durst, scion of New York’s billionaire Durst family – and was made ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"Gripping and slightly unnerving, Durst’s impassive demeanor ensures this six-part series will be widely discussed, trumping some artistic choices that, like Durst’s account of events, can easily be second-guessed".	POS
United States	Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe	"This documentary, which promises to twist and turn a bit with each new episode, is one of those macabre sagas that once again proves that truth is stranger than fiction. The most haunting part of The Jinx, though, is Durst himself and his ice-cold eyes"	POS
United States	David Hinckley New York Daily News	"After a 40-minute trip through the strange life of Robert Durst, we have no idea whether he’s a killer or a survivor (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of five)"	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"The beady-eyed Durst is a wily but generous interview subject, but where The Jinx really succeeds is in its fantastic attention to pace and detail, particularly in reenactments"	POS
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"Some may criticize Jarecki’s rigidly amoral documentary style, but even if he and co-producer Smerling don’t skew their filmmaking to underscore the guilt of their subjects, the facts, as they say, speak for themselves. When the facts are as extraordinary as they are in The Jinx, it’s impossible not to listen."	POS

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