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What Jennifer Did

  • 2024
  • TV-14
  • 1h 27m
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6.1/10
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What Jennifer Did (2024)
When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.
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When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.

  • Director
    • Jenny Popplewell
  • Writer
    • Jenny Popplewell
  • Stars
    • Fernando Baldassini
    • Samantha Chang
    • Alan Cooke
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.1/10
    12K
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    • Director
      • Jenny Popplewell
    • Writer
      • Jenny Popplewell
    • Stars
      • Fernando Baldassini
      • Samantha Chang
      • Alan Cooke
    • 48User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Fernando Baldassini
    • Self - Piano Teacher
    Samantha Chang
    • Young Jennifer
    Alan Cooke
    • Self - Homicide Investigator
    Bill Courtice
    • Self - Lead Investigator
    Deborah Gladding
    • Self - Victim Liaison Officer
    Martin Huss
    Martin Huss
    • Hitman
    Armand LaBarge
    • Self - York Regional Police Chief
    David MacDonald
    • Self - Field Investigator
    • (as David Macdonald)
    Fred Moffatt
    • Self - York Regional Police
    • (archive footage)
    Hong Ngo
    • Self - Pan Family Friend
    Nam Nguyen
    • Self - High School Friend
    Jennifer Pan
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    John Vennavally-Rao
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Helen Wang
    • Jennifer Pan
    Daniel Wong
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • Director
      • Jenny Popplewell
    • Writer
      • Jenny Popplewell
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    4Justanotherme213

    Just watch JCS Criminology on Youtube

    I really hope they gave him credit for this, because his was so much better, and they obviously ripped him off. I only watched this because I learned of this case due to JCS. However, after watching this, and comparing to JCS, well it really can't compare. I feel like JCS was more thorough and kept my attention. I also like how he explains Jennifers demeanor and everything, so that you know how the story comes together. He gave a lot more backstory as well. I usually love Netflix, but it's really hard when you watched a really good one, and then you see this one, it just can't compare. I really recommend you watching JCS Criminology on YouTube instead.
    6ozzyc

    Just listen to Casefile: Case 50

    Overall i enjoyed the documentary just expected a bit more.

    I wondered why so many details were left out. Although I truly appreciated the actual footage and commentary I was surprised they chose to exclude some of the more interesting tidbits about the case

    I had preciously listened to the 2 hour and 49 minute long Casefile (Episode 50) from 2017 podcast about this years ago and wish they would have included more into this documentary. Casefiles version was so good.

    I also recently watched the JCS: Criminal Psychology episode (Jennifer's Solution). It was good also.

    I would definitely recommend watching and listening to both of those to get your true crime fix.
    6tkdlifemagazine

    Decent True Crime Story

    This is a decent enough Netflix documentary about the murder and attempted murder of a set of strict immigrant parents and the assault of their only daughter. While the motive appears to be a robbery, or drug related revenge killing there may be more. That is what this one is about. Mostly told through interviews and archival interrogation footage it is not too long and decent enough. Not a real brain twister, but if you like true crime it is worth a watch. I did not find it to be the best or the worst of the real crime documentaries but still very watchable. Telling more would be to provide spoilers, which we don't do.
    5dawnsacks-01578

    Told us the how but not the why?

    Just finished watching the documentary. It was OK, but it did not delve into the psychological reasons for Jennifer killing her parents. The Asian culture pushes be the best be professional and not have a life whatsoever. Everything is about studying piano and violin. I went to school with children like this and they had no life and eventually had arranged marriages. While it was wrong for Jennifer to kill her parents. Murder is never the right thing to do, but we really must also look at why she did what she did and what was her breaking point she wasn't allowed to and she had to get into university to be a pharmacist, which is something she really didn't want to do and she wasn't scholastically at that level. The documentary could've dived into that issue of the tiger parents and what made Jennifer do what Jennifer did.
    7kosmasp

    The long not short of it

    No pun intended - the run time may not be the longest and yet this could have been way shorter. I think a one hour documentary could have done the trick (again no pun intended). Just tighten everything up and get faster to the point and the "truth". I don't think there is much doubt about what happened ... there may be questions about the why .. but we can't really look into other peoples brains ... so there is that.

    So short of someone giving us their reasons for their actions, we won't really know. We can take some educated guesses ... the title already suggest that there is more to the story that the start of the documentary suggests ... that said, maybe you already know of the story - I had not heard of it. So it was quite entertaining and had some interesting twists ... I may be cutting this some slack .. but I am known to be nicer than other reviewers I reckon ... and nice may not be the right way to go here I guess .. but that is another pun to tell ...

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      A few days after its release, fans and news outlets accused Netflix of using AI-manipulated images while presenting some of its images.
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      Self - Field Investigator: I go back to speak with Mr. Pan again, just to make sure that there's no other information that he wants to tell us. This time, he leans in, and he says, "Use your police techniques. Use your police techniques to find out what Jennifer did."

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      Featured in Zodiac Killer Project (2025)

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    • Release date
      • April 10, 2024 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Що зробила Дженніфер
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      • 1h 27m(87 min)
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