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Why Did You Kill Me?

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After her daughter is killed, a mother uses the social networking site MySpace to investigate the people she believes are responsible, resulting in reverberations for multiple families.

Critics Reviews

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Nick Schager The Daily Beast 04/16/2021
...it feels as if it's cutting corners in an effort to hide revelations that might complicate our feelings about this tragedy. At 83 minutes, it's a case of brevity stymying intense engagement... Go to Full Review
Randy Myers San Jose Mercury News 04/15/2021
3/4
A layered look at justice from the viewpoint of a survivor nursing deep and painful regret. Go to Full Review
Ashlie D. Stevens Salon.com 04/15/2021
The documentary is truly at its strongest as we watch Belinda's shifting understanding of justice and revenge... While occasionally bumpy, it's worth watching Why Did You Kill Me? for these deeply human moments alone. Go to Full Review
Barbara Shulgasser Common Sense Media 04/28/2021
4/5
Given all the tangents, director Frederick Munk wrangles this unwieldy story into a cogent and dramatically absorbing narrative. Go to Full Review
Graeme Tuckett The Post NZ 04/22/2021
What unfolds is sporadically fascinating, but also achingly sad and angering, that the families of murder victims should have to fund and manage their own investigations. Go to Full Review
Brooke Daugherty Pop Culture Leftovers 04/18/2021
Why Did You Kill Me? smartly uses its 83 min on finding Crystal Theobald's killer. Unfortunately, Crystal gets very little backstory, leaving me wanting more emotional beats. Go to Full Review
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Jordan Y Feb 20 Crazy story of vigilante justice in the Myspace era. Great watch for any True Crime or Documentary fan! See more Danillo A 12/30/2024 Horrible, endeless, really bad. See more Kayla J 03/14/2024 Do Not waste your time on this! The family of the victim were all complete manipulators, fabricators, and violent, drug induced offenders. The mother is a meth addict who was high on the day her daughter died, after her daughter spent Years begging her to get off of it; but is some avenging angel because of what? Because she called the FBI and ICE on bystanders who had Nothing to do with the crime? Because she raised four sons to be absolute trash human beings who contribute Nothing to society, and a girl who died young as a result of the son's gang affiliation? Because she roped in her Prepubescent Niece to pretend to be a sexualized and partying 18 year old as some kind of "living through her" meth addicted trailer park noir detective attempt? The MOTHER is ultimately responsible 1,000% for her daughters death. Now. Why does that mean you should not watch this "true crime documentary?" Because it's Not True Crime. The producers of the show intentionally downgrade, hide, and flat out Lie about the family's involvement in the gang life, and down play the drug and violence that the family is responsible for. It's made up into a lie to make a family not seem like criminals, but rather innocent "victims" themselves. It's disgraceful. See more 07/17/2022 About 3/4 of the way through this , I realized that all of the people in this case have a depraved world view. It's very depressing. It's also becoming obvious that Netflix has a liberal bias. See more Barbara T 03/04/2022 What was this? Former meth addict Belinda gets a pass for being worst mom. By vindicating her daughter Chrystal's tragic shooting in a car chase. Bravo Belinda! Seemingly not important in this flawed documentary is the involvement of Chrystal's brother nor the deprived upbringing of the shooter. And how is 22 years of prison explained for the driver who did not shoot anybody? Well, it is not! Very mediocre documentary about the low life in the lowest echelons of the American nightmare. The morale is nowhere to be found, not with the makers and certainly not with its appalling protagonists. See more Jess S 07/12/2021 Watch ghetto gangbanger druggies target other ghetto gangbanger druggies. Don't waste your time. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis After her daughter is killed, a mother uses the social networking site MySpace to investigate the people she believes are responsible, resulting in reverberations for multiple families.
Director
Fredrick Munk
Producer
Fredrick Munk, Julian Cautherley, Lucy Walker
Genre
Crime, Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 14, 2021
Runtime
1h 23m