Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart

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Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart

2014

1h 38m

Documentary

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A murder in a small town became one of the highest profile cases in the 20th century.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

No one gets away from 'Captivated' clean: not the viewer, not the participants, not even the filmmaker.

Jun 18, 2016

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Melissa Maerz

Entertainment Weekly

I still don't know if Smart is innocent. No one outside the case ever will. But watching Captivated certainly made me reconsider why I assumed she was guilty in the first place.

Aug 21, 2015

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Amy Nicholson

L.A. Weekly

Zagar stops just short of arguing for Smart's innocence, but he pokes enough holes in our perception of the facts.

Aug 21, 2015

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Christopher Campbell

Nonfics

Maybe the best true crime documentary to deal with perspective more than guilt or innocence since The Thin Blue Line.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 18, 2014

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Roger Catlin

rogercatlin.com

Overall the case continues to intrigue - now for whether we missed the point all along

Aug 18, 2014

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Austin Trunick

Under the Radar

Although it doesn't attempt to supply an answer to the question of "did she do it?", Captivated recaps [Smart's] case in a way that feels almost as compelling as the original trial.

Rated: 6.5/10

Aug 18, 2014

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Joel C

Well made, well paced documentary. The whole mob mentality humans get into is disgusting and pitiful.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/16/21

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Synopsis

A murder in a small town became one of the highest profile cases in the 20th century.

Director: Jeremiah Zagar
Producer: Lori Cheatle, Gabriel Sedgwick
Production Co: Hard Working Movies
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 21, 2016
Runtime: 1h 38m

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