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Well written, well directed, excellent in every craft area. I'm so glad I stumbled upon it. The acting is especially good, as is the casting, and the cinematography is gorgeous. I especially loved the story of the chief engineer and his son, but all of the stories were well told and the ending was perfect.

It seems to be accurate and well-documented. It tells the stories of the men who were heroes and made great sacrifices and whose names deserve to be known.

I don't agree that it is slow starting. I thought every second of it was fascinating. But full disclosure: I've always been a disaster junkie and I became fascinated with the story of the Titanic long before it was trendy.

This is an excellent documentary by Oscar nominated director Liz Garbus. The people who gave it bad reviews found it uncomfortable to watch, and it is. It should be. Viewers should be very uncomfortable with the fact that the three women it follows had such a hard time getting any help for their sons. For the lower income mom, treatment was a luxury she could not afford. Garbus was inspired by the viral blog "I am Adam Lanza's Mother," written by one of the women in the documentary shortly after the Sandy Hook shooting, and the documentary does a great job of connecting the problem of lack of treatment available to mothers of boys with severe psychiatric issues with the problem of school shootings. (All of which have been committed by teenaged boys with psychiatric problems.) This documentary should be watched and shared and, mostly importantly, sent to our representatives, with a strong urging that they delegate funding to this issue.