Mommy Dead and Dearest

I've faked having the runs a few times to get out of stuff. I love this trend of people doing ridiculous crimes just to keep me entertained for 90 minutes a few years later on HBO.

By the numbers true crime doc that doesn't go deep enough into a story that looks like a Stephen King book. The case is weird enough to provoke a number of thoughts, but it's too bad that the narrative seems less curious about answers and obvious questions -- I expected more doctors talking about it and the father's role is relegated to almost another victim of Dee Dee's tortures -- than fitting the story into a pulpy, juicy bizarre real life story.

This is a really fascinating and pretty unbelievable true crime documentary. Like a lot of stories of this nature, it's best to go in not knowing much. So yeah, it definitely took some crazy turns and is one of those cases where truth is stranger than fiction. It's a well-made documentary, with a good structure and just enough visual flourish to enhance it. I recommend giving it a watch, for sure.

A deeply fascinating story with twists you won't see coming and characters that are totally surreal. I really couldn't stand the one journalist talking head though, not sure what her purpose was.

Pretty gross. Not a lot of insight into the events that occured.