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Reviews
Medieval Dead (2013)
Too much about the archaeologists, not enough about the bones
Maddening. Lots of interviews about how forensics work and a lot of talk about how it can tell you soooo much about the bones -- then almost nothing about the bones. "It can tell you personal things about the person, their diet, their life... " then very little offered about a person whose bones have been found, their diet, their life. Frustrating rather than interesting. Are they TRYING to bore and frustrate the viewer?
The Keepers (2017)
Critical thinking is plainly as rare now as it was 20 years ago
I am old enough to remember the "satanic panic" of the late '80s and early '90s. One of its prime features was "recovered memories." This documentary hits pretty much every mark of that discredited theory -- increasingly lurid accusations, an expanding roster of the accused, and accusations that defy logic. Look, I can believe there are priests who molest children. I can believe the Catholic Church would attempt to cover up such crimes. This film, however, asks its viewers to believe not only that the priest was molesting teenage girls in his office (believable) but that he did not allow at least one of his victims to wipe off evidence of his crimes (credibility beginning to strain itself), that he was routinely inviting other cops and priests and others in to sexually abuse these girls (now firmly in the realm of the unbelievable) and that he took one of his victims to visit the body of a nun he murdered in a case that was getting a great deal of publicity (credibility now shredded.)
Do the accusers believe these things happened? Quite possibly. Does that mean they happened? No, sorry, it doesn't, but this film (and, it would appear, a good many reviewers here) demands we assume they happened based on little but pointed fingers.