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Series Details & Credits
| Netflix | Release Date: May 11, 2018 |
Summary:
The second docuseries from the Duplass brothers for Netflix looks into a 2003 bank robbery in Pennsylvania by a pizza delivery man with a bomb around his neck.
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series, News/Documentary, Documentary
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Positive:
5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
The Daily Beast
May 10, 2018
Season 1 Review:
Family feuds and fractured relationships abound in Schroeder’s portrait, which she lays out lucidly and suspensefully, segueing between the feds’ investigation, the conflicting stories and confessions of her primary suspects, and the backstory particulars that shed light on the motivations--and culpability--of all involved.
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May 11, 2018
Season 1 Review:
The full title is certainly a mouthful, but this is one of those docu-series that doesn't feel like it's laboring, or forcing the issue, to create compelling drama. And in a genre often steeped in hype, for once even the "diabolical" label doesn't feel like hyperbole.
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May 11, 2018
May 14, 2018
Season 1 Review:
Borzillieri's commitment and the access he obtains make these episodes intense and uncomfortable, showcasing a parade of scuzzy and unreliable narrators. Borzillieri's crusading intensity is also the most frustrating part of Evil Genius, because it confuses the authorship and focus of the entire series.
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May 10, 2018
Season 1 Review:
In Evil Genius, Mr. Borzillieri offers an attempt at an “ah-ha!” moment in the final episode. But the filmmakers’ thesis is not completely convincing. Other evidence presented in Evil Genius suggests a less clean cut, more nuanced scenario may be closer to the truth.
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Apr 17, 2020
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Jan 31, 2021
Fascinating and macabre. Very well put together. It's hard to believe that people like this actually exist but they do, and lots of them. One point I would make is about the title. Nobody is a genius here. Idiots abound and receive karma justly.
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