TwinkleLights

Agree with other reviewers that what I was really missing her was character.

At the end of the movie, I still did not feel like I knew who the main character was or what her motivations were. As another reviewer said, it led to a lot of ambivalence during the watch because I did not really know this woman. At times I felt sad for her given how hard her life seems, but at many times she seems to actively choose her lifestyle and push others who want to change her away and so then you feel less empathy, but still discomfort as again, the whole movie is bleak.

I felt like I got to know some of the peripheral characters more than the main character. I think we could have learned more backstory and/or motivation and/or just general personality through "quiet" moments (since the movie was slight on dialogue.) Those moments were unfortunately just not there. As others said, again, probably would have worked better as a documentary - let us see the depth and personality of the people featured.

I was very interested in the Fire festival fiasco when it broke in the spring of 2017. I watched the Netflix documentary first, and then Hulu's Verizon. Overall, I think the Netflix version has a more linear story progression and I like how it focused on the victim impact more so than the Hulu version. This Hulu doc also simply seems more amateur than the Netflix doc. I'm surprised no other reviews have mentioned it, but in this documentary when they want to relay informtaion from a court filing or statement, they have it read by one of those awful computer reading services which just sounds incredibly hokey and is frankly distracting. I've never seen that "artistic" choice in a film before. However, it you are very interested in all the details of this scandal, I would recommend both documentaries as they both contain distinct information. If you're trying to choose between them, then I would recommend the Netflix one over this.