It could have been more

Rating: 6/10 (7 June 2010)

I will start out and say that I don't like that at the beginning you get this impression that the story is true (I didn't get the privilege of knowing otherwise before watching it) only to find out that, well it's fiction stringed together from a few events, but fiction made from inspiration, nevertheless. I admit that boiled me a bit. I think they could have gone about it a different way other than being so misleading, but I'm sure if they re-did this film they might agree they could have done that better.
Now, about the film. I feel knowing that it's not more non-fiction that it ruins it a bit. I was left gullible before knowing that thinking "Wow, this is so unbelievable that this happened...wow...really?" So, when I look back at it knowing that's not true, well I feel like the gore is now unnecessary. If it happened it adds astonishment that such a crime was committed, but... if it's somewhat improved from events the astonishment of that is gone. You're left with some excessive gore.
The acting was marvelous, but it meandered a bit in the beginning. A bit overrated, but not a bad film.