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Critic Reviews
IndieWireSep 25, 2020
Season 1 Review:
“A Wilderness of Error” is a new kind of true documentary that will keep you on the edge of your seat and eager for more information. It’ll be easy to see people clambering to read Morris’ book as well as “Fatal Vision” after this. If you missed the can’t miss quality of “The Jinx,” this will fill the void.
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The Daily BeastSep 25, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Truth, it must be said, isn’t easy to pin down in A Wilderness of Error, and that ambiguity—as well as the mounting tension between Morris’ outlook and that of director Marc Smerling (producer of Andrew Jarecki’s Capturing the Friedmans and The Jinx)—makes the docuseries a particularly involving entry in the popular subgenre.
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Sep 25, 2020
Sep 23, 2020
Season 1 Review:
“Wilderness” makes copious use of the kind of formally paced, meticulously art-directed recreations Morris pioneered, and viewers’ taste for them will break down along established lines. ... If you come to “A Wilderness of Error” looking for a definitive answer, or for some startling final-episode reveal that puts everything in a new light, you’ll be disappointed. This isn’t that show.
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Sep 23, 2020
Season 1 Review:
FX's five-part documentary series A Wilderness of Error is a must-watch for true crime devotees. ... The problem with A Wilderness of Error is that some viewers, and probably some critics as well, are going to approach it as a true crime documentary itself and not as a commentary on the form. In that light, it might be seen as a failure. I'd say it fully acknowledges that it's a failure, so it comes down to your appetite for ouroboros.
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Sep 24, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Morris' observations serve as a sort-of spine for the series, but it's a squishy point of entry, and the interview with him proves unsatisfying. Couple that with the vaguely sleazy aspects, and "A Wilderness of Error" offers a not-so-illuminating message that it's sometimes difficult to get at the truth that's not worth the five hours it takes to hear it.
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Sep 16, 2020
Season 1 Review:
It’s not hard to miss that Morris’s fact-gathering, at least, falls short of the usual standard of his work — even leaving aside certain standbys borrowed from Morris’s directing like scene recreation, always maddening to some viewers. ... Morris has made it his mission to convince, and as such doomed his project from its inception. What else there is, here, is thin.
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