I hate to criticize a documentary that is about a school shooting - but this should have been far better.
I don't deny that intense emotions were involved, but at the risk of sounding politically incorrect this drifted at times into self-indulgent sentimentalism.
Certain scenes were repetitive. This film should have encompassed more than the three or four survivors and parents of victims than the film showcased. We learn nothing of those who were physically injured - what about them?
We learn from the father of a victim that the shooter was involved in many other incidents known to the police - this could have been explored more deeply.
The sequences of basketball games were overly long and a distraction.
This film needed editing. It should have been far more visceral than it was.
Why didn't the documentarians interview Emma Gonzalez who gave such an impassioned speech in Washington DC??
I agree with one of the main points of the film. NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON.
I don't deny that intense emotions were involved, but at the risk of sounding politically incorrect this drifted at times into self-indulgent sentimentalism.
Certain scenes were repetitive. This film should have encompassed more than the three or four survivors and parents of victims than the film showcased. We learn nothing of those who were physically injured - what about them?
We learn from the father of a victim that the shooter was involved in many other incidents known to the police - this could have been explored more deeply.
The sequences of basketball games were overly long and a distraction.
This film needed editing. It should have been far more visceral than it was.
Why didn't the documentarians interview Emma Gonzalez who gave such an impassioned speech in Washington DC??
I agree with one of the main points of the film. NO ONE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PURCHASE AN AUTOMATIC WEAPON.