Scenes of a Crime
Submarine Entertainment | Release Date: March 30, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 5 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranApr 13, 2012
A cool documentary that makes the blood boil, it examines how people can be psychologically manipulated into confessing. Not only to crimes they may not have committed but, even worse, to crimes that may never have happened. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineNick SchagerMar 28, 2012
A true-crime documentary of invigorating analytical clarity and evenhandedness. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMar 29, 2012
This smart, cool-headed film, which has a "Rashomon"-like vision of the case, presents a disturbing picture of courtroom justice and how different people come to opposite conclusions, based on the same testimony. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMark HolcombMar 27, 2012
What's remarkable about Scenes of a Crime, besides Hadaegh and Babcock's ability to stay out of the way of their story and resist flashy graphical flourishes, is the degree to which the events it reveals are business as usual. Read full review
60
Time OutEric HynesMar 27, 2012
This impassioned documentary could have the same real-world impact as Errol Morris's "The Thin Blue Line," and help to free a wrongly convicted man. The filmmaking could be better, but it's hard to argue with that kind of potential. Read full review
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