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Victim/Suspect

Victim/Suspect

2023

Nancy Schwartzman

Documentary

5.7

119

Documentary Young women tell the police they've been sexually assaulted, but instead of finding justice, they're charged with the crime of making a false report, arrested, and even imprisoned by the system they believed would protect them.

	Author	Review
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"A sober (and sobering) documentary about the other violations that can follow rape"	POS
United States	Brianna Zigler Paste Magazine	"'Victim/Suspect' manages to be at once fascinating, improperly focused and somewhat redundant"	NEU
United States	Romey Norton Ready Steady Cut	"Unfortunately, this documentary is another example of how the systems put in place to protect us can fail us miserably (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Fran Hoepfner The Wrap	"'Victim/Suspect' exposes a grave, painful injustice, one still in the process of being reported on, but struggles to find its footing in the structure of a film"	NEU
United States	Sarah Bea Milner SlashFilm	"In terms of it being a documentary, I think Leon and Schwartzman are both doing strong work, and it's nice to see the women getting a platform to share their stories (...) Rating: ★★★★★★★ (out of 10)"	POS
Canada	Andrew Parker The Gate	"For the stories being bravely shared by survivors and their families, 'Victim/Suspect' is worthwhile, but this could've been a much stronger movie with a more well rounded approach"	NEU
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"It is 100% focused on justice and fairness (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Lena Wilson The Playlist	"Schwartzman has an admirable protagonist in de Leon, and the journey they go on is as riveting as it is demoralizing. You may need to take a month-long depression nap after you finish watching it, but this will stick with you"	POS
United States	Lisa Kennedy Variety	"[It] reads at times too much like a portrait of a journalist as a young go-getter, which may make for a compelling recruitment film but lets audiences be too lazy with its hard questions"	NEU
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Unquestionably important (...) 'Victim/Suspect' illuminates a horrific reality that has upended many women's lives"	POS
United States	Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"The film is a document of superb journalism but is unfortunately told in a sludgy, distracting fashion (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"Riveting and righteously furious film"	POS
United States	Sheri Flanders Chicago Reader	"This documentary doesn't offer much in terms of craft, but one could perhaps make the argument that the subject matter necessitates no-frills storytelling that soberly focuses on facts and video evidence"	NEU
United States	Anna Menta Decider	"[It] is a must-watch because it demonstrates the deterrents to rape victims coming forward are far more dire than most of us realized"	POS

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