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Absolutely devastating but an essential watch if you can face opening your eyes to the sad state of today's humanity. Beautifully put together piece of the awful state of society. My heart goes out to anyone involved in this or anything even slightly similar. Shame on humans in today's world. I wish I could make some significant change to this awful world.

Many of us encourage children to play outdoors, their laughter brings life and warmth to a neighbourhood. But sometimes, that innocent joy becomes unbearable for others. For some, every sound of happiness deepens their loneliness and fuels their anger. They feel trapped in their own world of bitterness, where every moment of others' joy feels like torture.

Still, no matter how much frustration builds up, taking someone's life over such trivial annoyances can never be justified.

In my neighbourhood, kids run freely on the streets, their energy filling the suburb with life. Most of us appreciate this, it reminds us that our community is alive and connected.

Maybe the woman in The Perfect Neighbours simply lived in the wrong place. If you despise the sounds of family life and children playing, perhaps a quiet, adult-only area would be better. Otherwise, she'll never find peace, and neither will those around her.

A very good documentary which delves into the exploration of the legal implications surrounding the "stand your ground" law. It raises essential questions about self-defense, accountability, and the societal impacts of such legislation. Through interviews with legal experts, family members, and community members, the film presents a balanced perspective, prompting viewers to reflect on the broader implications of these laws beyond this specific case.

Visually, the documentary is well-crafted, with a somber tone that matches the gravity of its subject matter. The pacing will keep you engaged, as it skillfully shifts between the unfolding events and the subsequent legal discussions.

Overall, "The Perfect Neighbor" is not just a recounting of a tragic event; it serves as a poignant commentary on the implications of gun laws and personal safety in contemporary society. It's a must-watch for anyone interested in understanding the intersection of law, morality, and human behavior.

I would never want to take away from the frustration the family or anyone involved with the family would have over a delay in the justice needed to prosecute Susan.

But I would like to comment on the level of compassion and community policing that was evident in the early part of the film. Particularly on the night of the incident.. I saw a comfort concern, compassion, and empathy.

In a time when we are not seeing law-enforcement behave in many circumstances very professionally, there were a number of moments in this film where they did. This occurred back in 2022 to 2023, since then we've seen a distinct change in behavior in some law-enforcement and law-enforcement agents, largely federalized.

I still believe community policing is a valuable and important initiative, I think there were good examples of that here.

My stomach dropped. It was raw and gripping. This film was a well-constructed way of bringing this hard subject matter to light. The body-cam footage really helped show the timeline of the events and the responses as they happened. But it was the reactions of the immediate aftermath that hurt my heart. Truly wishing love and healing for the family.

Susan Lorincz embodies a distinctly American pathology - the collision of fear, entitlement, and firearms. The Perfect Neighbor traces the fatal culmination of her persecutory delusions, a mind consumed by suspicion and grievance until fantasy hardened into bullet.

Lorincz's world is small, airless. Every sound from next door becomes an assault, every child's laugh a provocation. Her psyche folds in on itself, the fragile ego clutching its righteousness like a gun. Hers is a persecutory personality - the mind's desperate attempt to maintain control by projecting its own hostility outward. The "threat" she insists upon is internal, displaced into the bodies of others. Owens and her children were merely in the crosshairs of Lorincz's psychic disarray.

The film draws a quiet horror from this: the way paranoia metastasises in the banal spaces of suburbia, until a front door becomes a fortress and a neighbour a sworn enemy. Lorincz's delusions operate within a larger cultural permission structure - the white woman's fear of Black presence, laundered through law and "stand your ground" rhetoric. It's the paradox of American violence: the one who feels most endangered becomes the most dangerous.

Yet beneath the pathology and politics lies profound tragedy. Ajike Owens, a mother of four, is rendered here with grace and restraint - a woman whose ordinary attempts at justice and protection become her death sentence. Her story anchors the film's fury. Owens's absence fills the screen more than Lorincz's presence ever could; she is the moral centre that exposes the psychic collapse around her.

The Perfect Neighbor ultimately indicts not only one woman's paranoia, but a culture that arms its fears and defends its racism. Lorincz's mind, fractured and defended, is a symptom of a broader national disorder - where delusion finds validation, and a trigger becomes the final punctuation of grievance.

One of the most chilling, thought provoking and hard hitting true crime films I have ever seen. My heart broke for all of the children, the trauma they will endure is just heartbreaking and unimaginable. I have never felt so much rage and sadness for strangers, the way I did for this victims family. I think this film is a perfect representation of the barbaric insanity that the state of America is in currently. The racism, the injustice, the guns. It's simply just terrifying and this film showcased all of that perfectly.

No one wants to loose a mother, sister or daughter especially in such a tragic way ;( my heart goes out to her family and friends.

But I do think this horrible event could of been prevented... The police could of done a better job. Over a year they were constantly called out. Instead of just wandering around chatting or sometimes slandering people, they could of offered written cautions to both sides. They could of advised Suzanne to install cameras and put a gate up. They could of looked into the law on that field to actually see if the children were trespassing. They could of done so much more than what they did!!

The parents of all the children should of told their children to not go over there, there were plenty of other places the kids could of played. There's no way on this earth I'd ever let my kids upset any of my neighbours regardless the situation. I would set rules and boundaries and if they didn't obey them then they wouldn't play out that day/night.

Suzanne could of set things in place like a gate and camera and what she did was the wrong thing to do but you can clearly tell that she had been pushed and pushed and pushed and no one was listening to her..! Something bad was eventually going to happen.

It's a very sad and tragic thing to happen but everyone was to blame. Everyone could of done better...

I watched the documentary. I read all the reviews. I then watched the entire unedited thing on youtube.

Basically, I disagree with the majority of the differing opinions here, although I get where the opinions are emanating from.

The first thing I'll say is that I see some, but only some, racism here. Take note: there are as many Caucasian children as African-American children in the neighborhood. By all the kids' testimonials, Lorincz was an equal-opportunity adversarialist.

Second, as far as the kids go, they are as normal as kids can be. There is not a single iota of anything dark or aberrant in them. And the officers quickly ascertained that also. I am impressed with those officers - every one that was in that documentary.

Second, Lorincz's initial 20 seconds or so of emotionalism in her 911 call after the shooting pretty quickly gave way to matter-of-fact normalcy - which isn't at all normal.

As the 71 year old son of a psychologist father, who had a respectable library of material, observing this is not my first rodeo. And observing this woman leads me to the one conclusion that is pretty evident: no, she is not really a dyed-in-the-wool racist - yes, there is some measure of it there, but it is nowhere near her defining issue here; the defining issue is that she is psychotic.

Psychosis is something I have dealt with heavily from a close family member, and a former best friend. There are many spokes of aberration on the psychosis wheel. Cluster A and Cluster B psychoses, for example, are both under the same umbrella, but folks suffering from these can be quite different in their display of it. And even within each cluster, there are subsets. The entire spectrum of psychoses is vast.

This brings me to my final evaluation: Lorincz needs no imprisonment; she desperately needs a mental facility. So often, psychosis is purely chemical in nature. This means that, although it can be quite a maze in deducing the correct medicines, as well as the ratio of those medicines, reasonable success of re-integrating these unfortunate people is possible.

Lorincz displayed her mental issues all through the interrogation process. I would bet that were her former life able to be viewed, it would have been seen throughout, getting worse as she aged. Sometimes, menopause can greatly enable manifestation of the condition. I know her actions have caused great fury and feelings of vengeance against her, as well as some vindication since she will likely pass away behind bars. But - she is her own living victim of it, along with the mother she has destroyed, and hopefully only temporarily, her pining children.

And that is my final thought on this excruciating documentary, my empty heart and tearful eyes for those kids that had happy faces and happy voices, which I would warmly welcome in my 55+ childless retirement neighborhood.

This.

Unlike many documentaries, this movie does not have a narrator. The story is shown almost entirely through bodycam footage and police interviews, allowing you to form your own opinions and narrative. I found it extremely impactful and thought provoking. I was brought to tears on several occasions.

I'm still thinking about it hours later.

A very powerful documentary told from the POV of cameras and no personal opinion interviews after the fact. It is a truly heartbreaking story that is also very thought provoking. I found myself disappointed, disgusted, and sad, but in the end there is peace to be found, knowing justice has been served.

In a state where retirement communities abound, I find it hard to believe that a woman who clearly hates kids would voluntarily move into a neighborhood full of children unless she had a motive. Florida is notorious for its Stand Your Ground law and repeated, unnecessary calls to 911 seem to be a paper trail Susan created in order to justify discharging her weapon in the manner she did. Her clear lack of remorse is frightening, making her scarier than any monster you will see in any horror film out there.

Seeing reviews on here saying the documentary was "one-sided" and that the old lady Susan should have some empathy?? Did we watch the same doc? Susan does not deserve one ounce of sympathy. The fact that ppl are trying to see her pov after killing an innocent woman is beyond comprehension and disgusting.

Just say you lack empathy. You can not watch this and come to the end of the conclusion that Susan was a self absorbed liar and treats herself like a helpless victim. The woman should've gotten life behind bars. She took the life of a mum, sister, child, friend, etc. And even after everything she did she was still woah is me.

Even though I wrote this to call out the b. S. reviews on here, I'm still left gobsmacked by how much of a mirror this holds up to the modern American society. Extremely well done and effective. Things clearly need to change.

I watched the trial live as it happened so when I saw the trailer for this documentary, I was interested in a fresh perspective. I'm a documentary and true crime nerd. This blew me away. The way this doc is made is so well done. No bias from random people, just footage on exactly how things happened. Even though I knew the story and facts, I still bawled my eyes out. I hope whoever made this, makes a lot more. A+

It's pretty dramatic well made movie. Anyone who try to make at least one small documentary movie know that creatures choose really complex way to tell this story. All drama unfold in front of our eyes. I'm sure we saw those stories in tv shows " fear the neighbour" but this one is other level. Maybe some will see it's not "both sides" story which i disagree.´perfect neighbour' is clearly narcissist. Otherwise she would move. There is no excuse to shoot person through the door without calling 911 if you could call 911 twice a week. My heart breaks for children who lost their mother. And rising questions what can be done and what can be changed to avoid it. It's emotional, sad and dramatic movie. I hope more people will see it. And system start to work differently and more mediators will be included to solve domestic and other conflicts. No one should loose life like this. And children should have safe space to grow in good humans.