Jay P
I can’t help but think the parents of this family should be jailed. They were too busy messing around with the man that brutally assaulted their daughter. The Mom literally confesses that she was in love with the child predator and spent eight months in a relationship with him. The Dad gave him a Dutch Rudder. Why weren’t their other kids taken from them? Yes, this dude was a predator, but the parents were complicit.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
10/14/24
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K K
The production is great, but I just found a lot of the people in the documentary very disgusting, especially the mother, Jan and of course B and it made me feel so stressed to watch. The way mother talks about the affair between her and B is really weird and disgusting because her face seems still in love with him or something and it made me feel so strange. The way Jan talks about the "love" with B was even weirder and made me even feel angry....
The movie it self was good but I just didn't like the people in the film
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
07/08/24
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J M
This is the ultimate truth-is-stranger-than-fiction documentary; were this to be released as a fictional theatrical film, no one in their right mind would believe a single frame of it. In its short 90 minutes, we witness abductions, multiple affairs, a runaway teen, dysfunctional family drama, a Mexican marriage, and aliens from outer space named Zeta and Zethra. It's such a peculiar and outlandish story that you inevitably question the authenticity and truthfulness of those relaying events, and the actions of young Jan Broberg's parents will have you smacking your forehead in disbelief. Regardless it's a fascinating watch, and you'll have lots to talk about afterwards. - Jeff Marshall, Movie Blogger (Facebook)
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Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars
03/08/24
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Heather A
I could not believe that the parents of their daughter allowed a man to sleep over in her room most of the week for 6 months. There is no way they didn't know their daughter was being molested. They were more concerned about their reputation and this man exposing that the parents were having an affair with this man. After he kidnapped their daughter and married her in Mexico at 12 they still dropped the charges. They still allowed this man in their family's life. On top of it their morman church supported this man. It's sicking that the parents allowed this man to be around their daughters and sleep in the girls room day in and out. They continually say they had no idea but theirs no way they didn't no he was obviously obsessed with their little girl. This is a disturbing story and the parents enabled it on top of it.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
01/31/24
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Yvonne T
Good film. I like it
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
04/07/23
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Abducted in Plain Sight, directed, produced and filmed by Skye Borgman, is a poignant and emotionally moving documentary that recounts the horrifying experience of Jan Broberg and her parents who survived the manipulations of a sociopath.
Borgman knits together many visual elements including first person interviews, recreated dramatization of past events, stills, archival footage, voice-over narration, fades to black, time lapse, diverse editing techniques and angle shots to create a compelling documentary where innocence meets evil. First person interviews with Jan Broberg, her father Bob Broberg, her mother Mary Ann Broberg, her siblings, Karen Campbell, and Susan Broberg, Lead FBI Special Agent on the Broberg Case, Pete Welsh, and Joe Berchtold, Robert Berchtold's brother, are juxtaposed against the recreated dramatization of past events involving Jan and her family with Robert "B" Berchtold who abducted Jan not once but twice.
It's a balanced documentary juxtaposing the experiences of Jan, her parents, her siblings, against the perspective of the criminal justice system to put "B" behind bars, and against the backstory and motivations of Robert Berchtold as revealed through his therapy tapes, and taped conversations, and the opinion of his brother Joe. It shines a light on the pathology of pedophilia and the emotional and psychological impact the perpetrator has had on Jan and her family. You feel and sense Jan and her parents' pain, shame, and the emotional suffering they endured at the hands of a sociopath and pedophile. Robert Berchtold's obsession with Jan knew no boundaries and he stopped at nothing to get his hands on her.
Abducted in Plain Sight is a powerful film that not only documents the moving story of Jan and her parents who fell into the clutches of a sociopath who betrayed their trust and inflicted untold damages on a young girl and her trusting family, but is also a story of courage and heroism shining a light on the pathology of sociopaths and pedophiles. It is well written, and directed, and is deserving of your attention.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
01/24/23
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