Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
The unsolved crime turns out to be less mysterious than the mind of the killer, nervily portrayed by Gosling as not evil but unaccountably empty.
– J. R. Jones,
Chicago Reader,
30 Dec 2010
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It also feels like one man's attempt to try another in the court of cinema, or perhaps correct the course of justice itself.
– Rafer Guzman,
Newsday,
3 Jan 2011
rotten:
Director Andrew Jarecki, who made his name with the documentary Capturing the Friedmans, is less successful at limning family dysfunctionality in the fictional mode.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
3 Jan 2011
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Jarecki knows how to make scenes of boisterous family reunions and quiet moments between lovers engaging: He fares less well, though, when the story takes a dark turn.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan 2011
rotten:
There's a fascinating story here for a bolder filmmaker, but after so much meandering it's a relief that All Good Things must come to an end.