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Crazy, Not Insane

2020

Alex Gibney

Documentary

6.5

265

Documentary An examination of the research by forensic psychiatrist Dorothy Otnow Lewis who investigated the psychology of murderers.

	Author	Review
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"An urgent film, it's filled with chilling detail and propelled by clear-eyed compassion (...) A visually dynamic and expressive mix of new and archival footage"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"A fascinating watch (...) The film offers an engrossing overview of the painstaking, insightful investigations carried out over the years by Lewis and associates"	POS
United States	Chris Barsanti The Playlist	"The factor that keeps 'Crazy...' from cohering into a gripping narrative (...) is its inability to come to grips with the question at its core (...) [It] meanders through several tangents without ever quite arriving anywhere."	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	[An] ominously absorbing documentary (...) The last part of the movie is a knockout punch"	POS
United States	Tony Sokol Den of Geek	"A personal and provocative probe into a pioneering death row investigator."	POS
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"In the spirit of the scientific method, however, 'Crazy, Not Insane' would stand on more solid ground if it gave more screen time to [Lewis's] critics."	NEU

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