Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

samba-97913 The story itself, with all its plot twists, rivals a good murder mystery, but I would've enjoyed reading about the case rather than watching the documentary. The technique seemed amateurish to me: long, too-close closeups, blurry shots brought into focus (instead of edited out), pointless scenes where nothing is happening.The rest of my criticism is admittedly unfair, but I'll say it anyway, because it definitely detracted from my enjoyment of the series. I found several of the people involved very hard to watch and listen to: Martha, who spoke in "up talk" (making every sentence sound like a question) and was so vapid; Caitlin with her "vocal fry" (hard to explain; just look it up); Michael, so dripping with self-pity that every time he opened his mouth, I couldn't help but think he was lying, his false bravado, his self-sacrificing-but not really; and the lawyer Rudolf who grinned and hammed for the camera and was overall so glib you'd think he'd forgotten his client's life was on the line.And then there was the scant treatment of family members who didn't defend Peterson, which makes the whole enterprise seem very biased. Why didn't we hear more about Caitlin's research that led her to doubt her dad?People who like documentaries more than I do will probably like this one.

progers-18321 I watched" The Staircase" on Netflix, from beginning to the end . Early on in the investigation Mike Peterson stated "His wife Kathrine knew he was a homosexual but they didn't talk about it."In an interview near the end, Mike Peterson talks about his homosexuality and that he "Didn't Come Out to Katherine."

mes-54957 I just watched The Keepers after finishing this. Werner Spitz was consulted on it, too. He mentioned on The Keepers how he was used for the defense but his findings were not used because they were not helpful for the defense. As a native to the Raleigh/Durham area, this case has been covered heavily for years! I'd say no one believes him and he is a complete narcissist. I found his interviews odd and wondered why so many people stuck by him. I wish the still shots of him and the driving around with phone calls were edited out.

djones1313 From the opening scene where he is explaining what happens that night, you can tell the MF is lying. He is a terrible liar. Goes into way too much detail about unimportant stuff to try and 'convince' you he is telling the truth. His body language/tone and speed of his voice both in his interviews, and on the 911 call are dead giveaways to me. If you think this guy is telling the truth, or believe an owl came in the house and murdered his wife, you are a gullible freaking idiot.Watched most of the 1st episode before I had to turn it off. It was so biased for the defense, as they interview his family who say "Before we even saw or heard what happened, we believed our dad". Then to find out one of the people who made this "documentary" had a relationship with the guy? Doesn't surprise me at all. LMAO wake up people.Saw another review on here that said it is an extraordinary story about relationships and emotion. LOL how about the story of a psychopath-sociopath who murdered his wife in cold blood you moron!Can't believe anyone was actually able to make it through the whole series.