Casting JonBenet (2017)
The unsolved death of six-year-old American beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey remains the world's most sensational child murder case. Over 15 months, responses, reflections and performances were elicited from the Ramsey's Colorado hometown community, creating a bold work of art from the collective memories and mythologies the crime inspired. (imdb)
Genre: Documentary
Country: Australia, China, USA
Directed By: Kitty Green
Written By: Kitty Green
Starring: Hannah Cagwin, Aeona Cruz, Liv Bagley
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Casting JonBenet belongs to 5 collections
1. Female Directors (public: moderated by djross - 83 stars)
2. True crime (public: moderated by djross - 10 stars)
3. Australian director (public: moderated by djross - 2 stars)
4. 90th Academy Reminder List (2017) (public: moderated by cowfrappe)
5. Netflix list (private: BeeDub)
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| Feb 27 | Gossamer | 2 60% |
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| Feb 20 | Zeno | 75 59% |
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| Feb 03 | cyber_turnip | 50 31% |
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Gymnopedie | 40 7% |
| Dec 29, 2020 | NotALemon | 58 59% |
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iconogassed | 50 26% |
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nanoth | 82 54% |
| May 16, 2020 | Cercle_Rouge | 39 7% |
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This documentary is just about redeemed by the remarkable final reenactment, when the focus also shifts from JonBenet's murder to the motives of the actors involved. But I can't help thinking the entire thing is wildly misjudged. The film is quite intelligent in the way it explores alternative versions of events and the nature of performance. But fundamentally it treats the brutal murder of a 6-year-old child as entertainment (and often quite campy entertainment).
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| Jan 12, 2020 | eppursimuove | 75 41% |
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| Jan 05, 2020 | CiTay | 70 46% |
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mjf333 | 75 30% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | roscoe_1891 | 90 82% |
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| Dec 08, 2019 | cable101 | 80 86% |
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cascade | 67 57% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | opensecret | 70 64% |
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| Jul 25, 2019 |  |
AmayaQ | 89 53% |
| Jul 13, 2019 |  |
Hadleyreis | 30 7% |
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Who played who? What happened in the case? This film does not document what happened. It is merely second rate actors portraying the individuals involved. Therefore, it is not a documentary. If it is, it's fucking awful.
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| Jun 15, 2019 |  |
ooh waffles | 6 43% |
| May 19, 2019 | castoffcrown | 65 21% |
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| May 18, 2019 |  |
glumpy_99 | 79 52% |
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Fascinatingly constructed documentary has an interesting conceit: actors ostensibly auditioning for roles in a dramatisation of the Ramsay case use their audition to speculate from the ground level about the case's details. Ultimately more interesting as a casting director case study as we see the multiple candidates bring their own wide-ranging interpretations to the same roles and material, the film ultimately feels too cold, impersonal and somewhat aimless to be entirely successful.
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Gymnopedies | 40 8% |
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jormungand | 70 50% |
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| Jan 04, 2019 | Kabbjeh | 60 37% |
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| Dec 26, 2018 | Moses77 | 7 44% |
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| Dec 06, 2018 | mathiasa | 50 41% |
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| Oct 23, 2018 | Luvsgit | 70 26% |
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redacted | 71 50% |
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It's an interesting concept to watch actors take on roles of real people and try and understand their motives as most actors would, the twist being, that these actors are focusing on their characters behaviours leading up to the death of 6 year old JonBenet. We see theories ranging from the outrageous (pedophile sex rings) to more balanced claims made by the amateur actors. Shades of Oppenheimer's work in Indonesia with continuation of this fresh new take on the documentary genre.
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| Sep 28, 2018 |  |
ltjjj89 | 71 66% |
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I have actually never seen a movie quite like this. Such an interesting approach.
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| Sep 23, 2018 | Tristan3019 | 59 44% |
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| Sep 21, 2018 |  |
BillyShears | 65 42% |
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Now gather round for I will tell you how I think a child was murdered wait no come back put the camera on meeee
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| Sep 18, 2018 |  |
bubsy | 4 47% |
| Sep 12, 2018 |  |
JSchlansky | 63 49% |
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It's a good thing the documentary is interesting because the actual movie they were casting for looks like garbage
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| Sep 03, 2018 |  |
medinavi | 66 32% |
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Bir belgeselden neredeyse hicbir sey ogrenmemeyi goze alabilirseniz, yenilikci ve cesur tarziyla fark yaratmayi basariyor.
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| May 26, 2018 | shazam2814 | 70 37% |
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jgreenwood | 60 43% |
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MetaCritic2 | 74 76% |
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scott.mcc | 80 86% |
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WWallce4prez | 70 45% |
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Casting Jonbenet has frequent shocking scenes of abrupt beauty, humor, and sadness. The impact of the famous unsolved case has on the town's residents is much more than a superficial one. A film of this subject matter has no right to be as gorgeously shot as this is.
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| Jan 14, 2018 | cruiser721 | 50 20% |
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| Jan 06, 2018 | EmiGrecco | 60 28% |
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| Nov 27, 2017 | theficionado | 37 33% |
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In which wannabe actor suburbanites rationalize their participation in an endeavor that is largely just themselves speculating wildly and irresponsibly about a tragedy.
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| Nov 25, 2017 | Arberwaticus | 98 88% |
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Brilliant and original storytelling where memories and opinions are key.
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| Oct 25, 2017 |  |
ladymcdeath | 60 43% |
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Cigo | 6 33% |
| Oct 15, 2017 | donquixotic | 40 22% |
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I like the idea of this more than the execution, about 10 minutes in I was unnerved and loving it but it just kept going and got boring
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pietias231 | 65 31% |
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AlexBrisson | 55 16% |
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Groovy_Souls | 80 73% |
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I will say, I can see why this didn't have to be made... but I am really glad it did. While it didn't bring to light any new information on the case whatsoever, it's a good summary done in an amazing and novel light. The idea of casting a movie to tell a story is super cool and is extremely well done. An easy recommendation for someone with only an idea of the case.
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sacmersault | 69 43% |
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AAAutin | 31 16% |
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Mixes the worst part of UNSOLVED MYSTERIES with the worst part of being a local casting director.
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| May 17, 2017 |  |
bybrt | 50 25% |
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kangadoodoo | 50 30% |
| May 13, 2017 | filmcricket | 71 76% |
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Jerky | 40 24% |
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Seemed kind of exploitative, seeing as it was just a bunch of Boulder "actors", talking about what they remember about the case. Digging up old bones for profit is all this is.
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| May 10, 2017 |  |
mattorama12 | 63 44% |
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You have to admire the creativity of the whole endeavor. You should go into it realizing you're not going to learn anything about the JonBenet case, but plenty about these random Boulder-area aspiring actors.
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| May 10, 2017 |  |
Beer94 | 60 38% |
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Certainly interesting and a fresh concept on the unsolved crime documentary genre but it comes across as rather self-indulgent and bordering incoherent on occasion and overall it just seems a bit too 'artsy' for my tastes.
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| May 10, 2017 |  |
psim | 75 49% |
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caracal | 75 76% |
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H9k | 8 78% |
| Average Percentile 43.19% from 101 Ratings |  |
