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  1. May 30, 2003 · 97% Tomatometer 153 Reviews. 89% Popcornmeter 5,000+ Ratings. NEW. The Friedmans seem at first to be a typical family - until one Thanksgiving while they are gathered at home preparing for a...

    • (153)
    • David Friedman, Jesse Friedman
    • Andrew Jarecki
    • Documentary, Biography
  2. Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 4, 2020. Amy Taubin Film Comment Magazine. TOP CRITIC. There's no doubt that the film delivers the emotional equivalent of a kidney punch, but that's...

  3. Jun 6, 2003 · The film, which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2003, is disturbing and haunting, a documentary about a middle-class family in Great Neck, Long Island, that was torn apart on Thanksgiving 1987 when police raided their home and found child pornography belonging to the father.

  4. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 97% based on 153 reviews, with an average rating of 8.46/10; the website's critical consensus calls the film: "A haunting depiction of a disintegrating family, and a powerful argument on the elusiveness of truth". [7]

  5. Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.

    • (27K)
    • Documentary, Biography, Crime
    • Andrew Jarecki
    • 2003-07-18
  6. Jul 2, 2003 · Documentary filmmaker Andrew Jarecki knew he had something special with his first feature-length documentary, Capturing the Friedmans, released theatrically last month through Magnolia Pictures and HBO. The film, a dark, Alice in Wonderland-like journey, tracks an upper-middle-class Long Island Jewish family's fall from stability, through ...

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  8. May 30, 2003 · In ''Capturing the Friedmans,'' which opens today in New York, Mr. Jarecki finds a way to show that denial and hope often grow from the same vine. Lives are built around the way they're harvested...