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  • Summary: Reopening a case that has inspired curiosity, controversy, and confusion for over three decades, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired is an extensive exploration of the circumstances that led up to – and the circus that followed – Polanski’s conviction for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Zenovich had unprecedented access to several of the key players in the case, including the lawyers representing the case, the media covering it, and the unusually clear-eyed and candid victim. Unearthing a trove of telling footage from the past, and combining it with insightful interviews from today, she brings comprehension and clarity to events long clouded by myth and misconception. A thrilling examination of a case that became the prototype for innumerable Hollywood courtroom scandals to follow, the film becomes a brilliant discourse on the attraction/ repulsion that defines celebrity culture in contemporary America. (THINKFilm)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 16
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    100
    This is a superb picture, sharp, open-minded, wised-up and cinematically accomplished.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    91
    As an anatomy not only of Polanski's psyche but also of the legal system he confronted, it's as baroquely compelling as "The Dark Knight."
  3. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    50
    With a subject like Roman Polanski, you don't really need to do much to capture audience interest. But maybe that's the reason Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired doesn't live up to its promise.

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  1. BenD
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    A masterpiece of the documentary genre.
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