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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) Nov 11
Extremely powerful and extremely important documentary filmmaking. Go to Full Review
Sam Adams Slate Nov 4
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. Go to Full Review
Peter Travers The Travers Take Oct 31
3.5/4
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. Go to Full Review
Marlon Wallace The M Report (WBOC.com) 1d
...the argument has to be made that the killer has some kind of racial bias. Sometimes, if not most times, that bias or racism can be difficult to prove. With this film, it's actually easy to prove. Go to Full Review
James Greenberg culturevulture.net 6d
The film is as close to objective as can be achieved. And what you get is as real and devastating a view of America that you are likely to see anywhere. Go to Full Review
Stephen A. Russell Orion's Shoulder (Substack) Dec 31
You feel the loss here immeasurably, the horrible cost of stupid cruelty. This one will stick with me forever. Go to Full Review
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Karla T @Karladi 1h Very Fascinating!!!! See more Dennis L 2d Heartbreaking . Excellent commentary on racism and classism in America. Aldo, a technically interesting documentary and how police video was used by the director. See more Kelly E @Kelly1970 4d I thought it was a very good documentary. The older women had some anger issues about the kids in her neighborhood. It’s a very sad watch but worth the watch. See more R D @rd2023 Jan 1 Heartbreaking but an important watch. Shocking and awful, but appreciated the fresh perspective on both the police force (which showed humanity toward the kids - “I’d rather hear kids screaming in joy than out causing mischief.”) and the suburban community that was unfairly impacted. See more Dr S @DrSyn Dec 31 This is not a documentary, it is a heavily biased docu-drama pretending to be a documentary in the same vein as the fake documentary on the West Memphis Three. It shows a one sided view of what occurred without providing an even handed look at what occurred. The narrative it pursues it set up and maintained throughout the entire presentation. Evil white racist kills loving hard working black woman. Is that what really happened? I have no clue, maybe but given the one sided presentation it is impossible to know. The story goes out to make the woman who shot the mother as bad while showing the mother shot as only good. I would pass on watching it as it pushes a fixed narrative without providing a balanced view of what really happened. See more David F @dfulmer Dec 30 This is a great documentary about a shooting in a neighbourhood and the events leading up to it and resulting from it. It uses police bodycam footage almost exclusively throughout to tell the story and it is a brilliant and successful documentary film about America, guns, and what it means to be a neighbour. See more 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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