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The Columbine Massacre: In the Killer's Mind (2007)

*** 1/2 (out of 4)

This French documentary from filmmaker Stéphanie Kaim was obviously made on a low-budget but it's extremely well-made and as the title says it tries to get into the minds of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Through video footage shot by the killers to home movies and security footage, this documentary gives you a pretty gruesome idea of what happened that day and the events leading up to it.

Unlike most American documentaries on the subject, it should be noted that this here is pretty graphic as there are uncensored photos of the massacre shown so those wanting to avoid seeing real carnage should probably stay away from this or at least be prepared to cover your eyes. I think the documentary did a very good job at covering all sides of the story including early on talking about how Klebold and Harris were abused and picked on by most people in the school. We even get video footage of the two being hit by a few jocks.

From here we learn about their growing rage and through readings of their diaries we hear their hatred grow deeper and deeper. There's also footage from home movies that the two made where they fantasize about their killings and we also get interviews with a few people who knew them as well as people who were in the school that day when the massacre started.

The documentary lasts under a hour but there's a lot of great, sad and rather shocking information here including some issues that locals had with the police and how long it took them to respond to what was going on. There's also plenty of footage that really gives you a terrific idea of what was going on with these guys that made them snap. To say what they wrote was chilling would be an understatement. The film isn't very easy to watch and it's quite disturbing but if you're interested in the story then there's a lot of stuff here.

If you are going to do a documentary on one of the worst school shootings in history, you could at least pronounce the names of those involved properly.

No original material was used and no real attempt was made to tell the story in a new way for the survivors. I learned nothing new about what happened that day. The narration, editing, and jumbled clips were absolutely horrible. It's a sad attempt to capitalize on one of the worst moments IN US history. Shame on everyone involved in this so-called documentary as it was a clear attempt to make a few quick dollars off of the lives of those who attended Columbine on that fateful day. Save yourself the pain of sitting through this joke of a documentary and read a book on it, you'll learn far more.

I don't know if maybe this was made for a high school project or what, but even if that were the case it is a complete failure. Horrible narration, horrible editing, and whoever put this together obviously didn't do much, if any, research. If you want to watch a documentary on the Columbine massacre, look elsewhere. This one is a complete waste of time and there are many other documentaries on the subject that are miles better.

I found this to be horribly edited! You call him her and her him? You really do not even pronounce simple words correct?

I could have made this on my Ipad way better!

It would be a good documentary without all the obvious mistakes!

Really ? They pronounce the kkk name wrong?