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The Gabby Petito Story

  • TV Movie
  • 2022
  • TV-14
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
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The Gabby Petito Story (2022)
Follows Gabby's tragic murder. Centering in her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what may have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.
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Follows Gabby's tragic murder, centering on her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what might have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.Follows Gabby's tragic murder, centering on her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what might have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.Follows Gabby's tragic murder, centering on her complicated relationship with her fiancé Brian Laundrie and what might have gone wrong during their cross-country trip.

  • Director
    • Thora Birch
  • Writers
    • Richard Blaney
    • Gregory Small
  • Stars
    • Skyler Samuels
    • Evan Hall
    • Thora Birch
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    983
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Thora Birch
    • Writers
      • Richard Blaney
      • Gregory Small
    • Stars
      • Skyler Samuels
      • Evan Hall
      • Thora Birch
    • 30User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Skyler Samuels
    Skyler Samuels
    • Gabby Petito
    Evan Hall
    Evan Hall
    • Brian Laundrie
    Thora Birch
    Thora Birch
    • Nichole Schmidt
    Douglas Taurel
    Douglas Taurel
    • Joe Petito
    Monica Moore Smith
    Monica Moore Smith
    • Rose
    Matisha Baldwin
    Matisha Baldwin
    • Agent Shaw
    Samuel Whitten
    Samuel Whitten
    • Jim Schmidt
    Lonzo Liggins
    Lonzo Liggins
    • Officer #1
    Brian Kinney
    Brian Kinney
    • Officer 2
    Melanie Nelson
    Melanie Nelson
    • Reporter
    Nikki SooHoo
    Nikki SooHoo
    • Miranda
    Aaron Groben
    Aaron Groben
    • John
    Tyonne Chambers
    Tyonne Chambers
    • Friend
    Jan Broberg
    Jan Broberg
    • Attorney
    Dymone Priestley
    Dymone Priestley
    • Produce Guy
    Kimberly Houk
    • Network Reporter
    Stacey Ann Turner
    Stacey Ann Turner
    • Tara Petito
    Bridger Johnson
    • TJ
    • Director
      • Thora Birch
    • Writers
      • Richard Blaney
      • Gregory Small
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    3missbella-04960

    Horribly done

    I think this could have been put together so much better. This was a sad story. I could not stop watching the news I just felt the movie was too rushed.. no chemistry between characters .... Any of them.

    The best friend was beyond cheesy. She seemed more into herself than the role. What's up with the eyelashes There was no lead up, I didn't have any connection with anyone Gabby deserved so much better

    How do we know what their last words were? I know this isn't 100% accurate. But we don't know what was going on.

    Brian and his family are absolutely horrible people Karma has its way of working around.
    3apocalypticcuteness

    Lifetime hasn't given a dime to Gabby's family

    Lifetime did not have permission to make this movie. They made it anyway. They did not have the rights to Gabby's image. They made it anyway.

    They had 30 minutes of ads throughout the premiere and are now selling the movie for $5 online. Yet not a dime has been given to the Gabby Petito Foundation. That's just wrong.

    If you want to watch the movie, I'd suggest finding a way that doesn't involve Lifetime getting any money from it (Arrrrr).

    They re-enacted Gabby's videos, her pictures, they re-enacted the Moab police stop. It's weird, the actress even wore the same clothes Gabby did. The rest of the story is highly fictionalized. They got pretty much all the fictionalized parts wrong. But I'm not here to correct them, that's up to Gabby's family.

    I'm giving it 3 stars because the actress did nail Gabby's voice and mannerisms.
    8PotomacPunchy

    Doing a service to the abused women out there

    To all those who are complaining that the filmmakers didn't have permission to make the movie, I think you need to shift your focus.

    A few years ago in the US four women per day were murdered most often by a current or former partner.

    Recently it's now five women per day. No one else is doing anything substantial to help stop women in this country from being murdered, nor stop the victim blaming, except movies like this which show what an abuser and victim look like.

    It does a fantastic job of showing the different stages in a situation between an abusive partner and their victim.

    Movies like this save lives much more than people who complain about little things.
    8fecapati-86719

    Yes, I enjoyed the movie for what it is

    Looks like there's a split here with reviews for the movie. Some people hate it; some people were satisfied with it, me included.

    First off, I understand that value of respect, or disrespect according to others, of the story still being fresh in their eyes. As well as the fact that the actual families of Gabby and Brian did not put any of their time into this adaptation. Or that this was only a cash grab. Frankly, I think those reviewers thought too much into it. It's a movie. An adaptation of the real-life story of Gabby and Brian and truthfully, I think the cast, directors, producers did a fine job. I am quite certain they tried their best to respect the lives affected by this and all they wanted was to project the life Gabby and Brian had together leading up to her murder.

    I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. It was interesting to actually see the dramatizations that many of us already had in our minds about Brian, specifically. They brought every snapshot the media reported and the in-between of what may have happened. I watched it until the very end just glued to the TV and it brought back the sorrow and sympathy I felt for Gabby when this was national news a couple years ago.

    This was a low-budget film, I mean it was a Lifetime movie, not a Hollywood blockbuster. So I already knew what to expect from this production. So with that said, I took this movie in with curiousity and intrigue and have enjoyed it. Cash grab? No. Too soon? Nah. The parents' disapproval? Sure, that's their choice. But I would not let it prevent you from watching it.

    All I can say is that I did enjoy it, I definitely was intrigued by it, and it did help piece together some of the narrative I already had in my thoughts. I'm sure the cast and crew just wanted to bring the story together so we can sympathize it even more. So, because of that at face-value, I give it an 8 out of 10. I'd say watch it. It was entertaining enough.
    1yellowgrenade

    Didn't take long for Hollywood to cash in on this girls story.

    This movie only serves to prove the fact that Hollywood is without morals.

    This poor girl only died LAST YEAR in 2021, and there is already a movie about it, ONE year it took for some low life proeuction company to turn it her ruthless murder into entertainment. And that is all they've tried to do here.

    This isn't some facutal documentary covering the details of a crime, this is a dramatised movie, for entetainment purposes. I dont see how anybody could watch this and not feel disgusted by its exsistance this soon aftere the event.

    Everybody invovled in this movie should be ashamed of themselves. From the writer and directer, to the C and D list celebrities they bought cheap to play the roles. Shame on everybody. I bet nobody invovled would like to see a cheap movie being made about the murder of their own kid only a year after they had been burtally murdered. Disgusting. That's all it is.

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      As this movie premiered on October 1, 2022, Jan Broberg, the actress portraying the Laundries' attorney, has a series premiering on October 6, 2022 about her own life as a kidnap-and-abuse victim, titled "A Friend of the Family."

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    • Release date
      • October 19, 2023 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Gabby Petito
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      • Lifetime
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      1 hour 25 minutes
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