- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 26, 2020
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Generally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings
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The Trials of Gabriel FernandezYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 4 Ratings
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Apr 16, 2020Absorbing, riveting and very disturbing. A tragic story about an abused child that also doubles as an examination of the institutions and systems that were designed to protect him. Highly recommended.
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Mar 2, 2020Absolutely disturbing and disgusting story but very well done and kept me coming back for the next episode. Had to turn off at some points because the details were too much. Complete failure of the system for this poor boy.
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Documenting a horrifying story from every conceivable angle, "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez" examines the abuse and murder of an eight-year-old boy by his mother and her boyfriend, and the ways that the system failed to protect him. Difficult to watch, the documentary is inevitably compelling but structurally messy -- a byproduct, perhaps, of stretching the material over six parts.
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The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez is a very difficult show to watch. But it’s one of those that’s a must watch, because it’ll show you how the government agencies that are supposed to protect children can often fail, often for very stupid reasons.
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If Knappenberger’s series sometimes lingers too long on certain narrative elements, the motivation for such minor missteps is pure: to convey the full extent of Gabriel’s agony and Pearl and Isauro’s villainy. ... It succeeds at inciting outrage at the wide-scale callousness that caused this nightmare to occur. ... It’s a sprawling, heartbreaking portrait of true evil.