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- Netflix
- May 19, 2017
- Netflix
- May 19, 2017
Summary Ryan White's seven-part true crime documentary focuses on the investigations by Abbie Schaub and Gemma Hoskins into the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, a young English teacher at a Catholic high school in Baltimore.
- Netflix
- May 19, 2017
- Netflix
- May 19, 2017
Summary Ryan White's seven-part true crime documentary focuses on the investigations by Abbie Schaub and Gemma Hoskins into the 1969 murder of Sister Cathy Cesnik, a young English teacher at a Catholic high school in Baltimore.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
78
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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The Keepers is addictive serial made for the post-Serial market. ... White’s narrative is a nesting doll of colorful characters giving way to more colorful characters--stories inside stories, mysteries within mysteries.
Absorbing and emotionally gripping.
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 45 User Ratings
7.8
80% Positive
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
7% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
13% Negative
6 Ratings
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Haunting, important, an incredible journey through pain and horror. The 'Making a Murderer' follow-up we needed to finally understand how religion is still used as an excuse for bad behavior.
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SEASON 1
If the series is maybe less viscerally satisfying, it's probably more spiritual rich.
The heartbreaking The Keepers [is] a fascinating (but overlong) piece about the murder of a Baltimore nun in 1969 and the revelations that would emerge over the next five decades.
Mostly these are jaw-dropping tales about horrific things that happened a long time ago, limiting the urgency of the narrative. ... In that way, The Keepers is more of a meditation on memory and truth than a murder mystery, and the telling of the tale is a resolution in itself.
Its blend of color-tinted recreations, on-camera interviews, and archival photographs may not reinvent the format, but The Keepers understands that one crime does not exist in a vacuum. By acknowledging and documenting the environment that could lead to a brutal murder, the seven-part series says more about the power in being able to tell your own story.
White's devotion to the case is apparent, but The Keepers seems like an instance where a less-expansive canvas -- and the concentrated approach that would have required -- would have been more beneficial than the latitude to venture down every corridor, even when they might lead to a dead end.
Truly extraordinary. The journey of these women who were profoundly abused by several priests and their struggle with remembering is heartbreaking. There is another piece, the young nun who was determined to end the abuse and the abusers, but before she could, she was murdered, but who was the murderer? Worth every minute of watching. Don't let the "boy" trolls who are giving this such low scores dissuade you. Incredibly powerful.
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SEASON 1
Excellent series, i am furious over the cover-up that has gone one for all these years. Thanks to the ladies and other investigators that started digging into who killed Sister Kathy otherwise non of this would have come out to the public. The priests treated that catholic high school as a **** house to themselves and policemen andbother officials. I hope all of them that have dued are rotting in hell
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SEASON 1
The Keepers underscores what I felt about "Spotlight" - documentaries on the Catholic Church sexual misconduct cover ups are far more interesting than a dramatic portrayal. It is in large part because you are hearing things straight from those involved. I always find them frightening and mesmerizing. And who doesn't love a good murder mystery? With The Keepers you get both. Yes, it is a bit long, but it allows you to really get to know everyone - both those directly involved as well as those directly affected - as they join forces to seek justice for all. Many things to admire in how this miniseries was crafted, most notably the editing.
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In spite of my low rating, the first two episodes of this series were well-done and compelling. Episode three devolved into self-justification, rationalization, and apology. And episodes three to eight could have, and should have, been handled in one or, at the most, two episodes. The series which, again, started well, became mired in equivalencies, spending as much time discussing statues of limitation reform and fatal lawsuits as it did church sexual abuse and whistleblower murder. It should have stuck with what it did best: the crime.
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