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- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary The three-part docuseries directed by Emma Cooper features the testimony of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard side-by-side along with footage of social media and livestreamed commentary. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 21 May 2023 and in the US on Netflix on 16 Aug 2023]
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2023
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Depp v. Heard
Season 1 Premiere: May 21, 2023
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3.4
Summary The three-part docuseries directed by Emma Cooper features the testimony of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard side-by-side along with footage of social media and livestreamed commentary. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 21 May 2023 and in the US on Netflix on 16 Aug 2023]
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A zippy threeparter that spliced their courtroom testimony to place their opposing stories side by side along with the partisan opinions of superfans watching, was a reminder that this was essentially a death match, a nihilistic duel with each participant blasting the other to pieces.
While informative and entertaining, Depp vs Heard was, at its most base level, a well-organised series of second-hand clips.
Emphasizing the social-media frenzy that surrounded the case, alas, proves more irritating than illuminating, with the one truly worthwhile element being how the producers present the two principals’ conflicting accounts side by side.
This is one of the major drawbacks to the series: the failure to hold any of these commenters accountable, to even explain who they are beyond a simple graphic, to interview them after the fact and ask them how they feel about their performances, which were designed to gain as many “Likes” and Subscribers as possible.
As a work of entertainment, “Depp v. Heard” can’t miss, not with this subject matter, and director Emma Cooper does her best to be responsible in her choice of trial footage. But the filmmaker’s bias toward Heard leads her to mischaracterize the social media reaction as nothing but a misogynist feeding frenzy.
It is essentially a curated collage of courtroom footage, video and audio evidence, old press junket interviews with Depp and Heard, news reports and a torrent of YouTube and TikTok clips, alongside a running commentary from fans, amateur reporters, legal commentators and podcast hosts.
It tells us decidedly less than we knew coming in because the Virginia trial was inextricably linked to a previous libel case in the UK, a case that’s barely mentioned.
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Production Company:
- Bitachon365
- Empress Films
Initial Release Date: May 21, 2023
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
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