Enemies of the State

Just a bizarre hours long journey of crazy from a delusional family that dove into wild conspiracy to not face reality.

Honestly incredible this guys parents are as insane or maybe more than he is. If you want to watch a family deal with their own conspiracies in a circular firing squad manor that ropes in multiple hangers on for publicity this is the doc for you.

TIFF 2020 01

Enemies of the State

The truth is never pure and rarely simple- Oscar Wilde This documentary film was about the case of Matt Dehart and his family against multiple accusations he faced such as child pornography, national security charges and dark-web allegations. This film, I believe, started as a passionate and zealous search for the truth about Matt's case through almost 15 years and the result is that in today's world, the truth is not a definite, absolute, certain object we can achieve, but rather a complex, between the webs of lies set of stories, manipulated facts with various groups interests integrated and intervened to try to shape and form them benefitting those interests. The film feels more like a story of an investigation with great use of cinematic techniques not unlike those of previous Errol Morris works, who also produced this documentary. It's a thought-provoking, intelligent film with lots to offer.

This is a cautionary tale of how not to enable bad behavior. These parents love to play victims and everything their son does is perfect. The son was flawed and you failed to help him.

Very poor documentary, filled with eerie music, transitions, rambling monologues to fill time. You could fit all the information into maybe 20 minutes. Lots of chat about how he didn't get caught by people who keep protesting, not wanting to cooperate because they know full well what Matt DeHart was capable of doing and not the depressed church going young man. Was not convinced by the body language of DeHart and even less by the family members and those defending DeHart. Should have been a short film. But, like most crimes, hard to find the smoking gun but lots of evidence to show who likely used it to a low degree of doubt.

I meant what I said long drawn-out movie with no real ending.