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The Perfect Neighbor

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A seemingly minor neighborhood dispute in Florida escalates into deadly violence. Police bodycam footage and investigative interviews expose the consequences of Florida's "stand your ground" laws.
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As gripping as it is deeply unsettling, The Perfect Neighbor lays bare the systemic failures and the quiet terror embedded in American legal systems with surgical precision.

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Tim Cogshell FilmWeek (LAist) Extremely powerful and extremely important documentary filmmaking. Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Sam Adams Slate A chilling and provocative look at the limits of policing, particularly when the laws the police are called to enforce present more of a problem than a solution. Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Peter Travers The Travers Take Captured entirely from police cam footage, this Oscar-buzzed documentary about a white Florida woman who murders her Black neighbor indicts an entire society. It's also the scariest movie you’ll see this Halloween season. Rated: 3.5/4 Oct 31, 2025 Full Review Josh Larsen LarsenOnFilm ... a close-up portrait of the irrational xenophobia that has gripped much of American society and politics in recent years. Rated: 3/4 Nov 20, 2025 Full Review Steve Murray ArtsATL It’s an object lesson in the ways basic civility has eroded. Nov 11, 2025 Full Review M.N. Miller InSession Film Gandbhir’s documentary is a stunning, jaw-dropping example of biased exploitation and does what only the best narrative films do—not show a glimpse of an America you don’t want to see, but rather our reflection in the mirror. Rated: A- Nov 11, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Lorry S Really, Really sad story of two women who are worlds apart, but are neighbors. One is lonely and afraid and one is a big mouth that has loud annoying kids. Someone gets killed, someone goes to jail. Very sad that this kind of thing happens, and happens a lot. RIP Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/22/25 Full Review Tyler G This was movie was terrible. The main girl was so awkward and annoying and I cringed multiple times. This story is important and they ruined it. There was no need for a 1 million Dollar budget when I could’ve filmed that on my phone. Horrible movie waste of time don’t watch it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/21/25 Full Review ill 3 As a movie it is totally weird as the content is in no shape of form enteraining and shouldn't be something to watch to be entertained. Now as a documentary I think the use of solely raw footages is great and the whole story is heartbreaking and harder to get through than most movie, however I'm just not sure about whether we should be exposed to such raw and personnal footages and if it's a good idea to label such content as movie as this should only be something to be used in a courtroom or for a studying purposes Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/20/25 Full Review Nicky A I cry a lot during movies, but this really got me. You get to see raw and real emotion and it just broke me. It was insane but very interesting at the same time. I feel so incredibly sorry for the family, though. No one should go through such a thing. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/20/25 Full Review Kyle M This documentary was formed to strengthen the prosecution, then during the settled aftermath it’s become an invitational conversation as we observe with intimate access over the compelling craft, as well demonstrative over the procedural system. The vocal forum will no doubt be divisive in further questioning the case that suggests inquired thoroughness, whether if decidedly acts as the devil’s advocate or just biased without much thought. Maybe acted on insisted gimmickry and questions are answered afterwards beyond the lens, but the consensus overwhelms the defendant’s problematically layered mentality. Educationally raw over the societal prospects whilst provocatively engaging and agreeably unsettling like any dark impacts that ripples into a documentary’s conceptualization in spreading the story just as it was witnessed. This true crime documentary’s complex case edges this as one of this year’s best to the format, a deserving contender to be ranked among the best. (B+) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/16/25 Full Review John B. Very interesting. Everything was unbiased except for the title. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/15/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A seemingly minor neighborhood dispute in Florida escalates into deadly violence. Police bodycam footage and investigative interviews expose the consequences of Florida's "stand your ground" laws.
Director
Geeta Gandbhir
Producer
Nikon Kwantu, Geeta Gandbhir, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Message Pictures
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Documentary, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 10, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 17, 2025
Runtime
1h 36m
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