Ok, so this documentary is not something I'd recommend, but it is informative about the case if you'd had little to no knowledge of it previously. The murders themselves were horrifying and if watching this helps someone recognize and catch the b*stard, then at least there will be something positive about this documentary.
Having said that, it's diabolically bad. The majority of it isn't too far from average, but it is slow, repetitive, and at times awkwardly edited. Then there's the last 10 minutes or so of the thing. The director randomly throws in an honest-to-God serious interview with a psychic who goes into painstaking detail about where Robert is, what he's doing, and (get this) when he'll be caught. Which, according to her, is January 2013. The documentary came out in 2011. Unfortunately for both the director and the psychic herself, it's 2019 and Mr. Fisher hasn't been apprehended yet. Oops.
Making it worse, as the closing montage shows, there's a song written about Mr. Fisher that plays in the background by a rather cheesy sounding 90's style alternative rock band. After cringing harder than I have in a long time, I picked my jaw off the floor and headed straight here. I gave it 2 stars instead of 3 because I chuckled at the ending in spite of myself... which made me feel a bit guilty. Not the reaction you'd expect to have after watching a murder doc.
Having said that, it's diabolically bad. The majority of it isn't too far from average, but it is slow, repetitive, and at times awkwardly edited. Then there's the last 10 minutes or so of the thing. The director randomly throws in an honest-to-God serious interview with a psychic who goes into painstaking detail about where Robert is, what he's doing, and (get this) when he'll be caught. Which, according to her, is January 2013. The documentary came out in 2011. Unfortunately for both the director and the psychic herself, it's 2019 and Mr. Fisher hasn't been apprehended yet. Oops.
Making it worse, as the closing montage shows, there's a song written about Mr. Fisher that plays in the background by a rather cheesy sounding 90's style alternative rock band. After cringing harder than I have in a long time, I picked my jaw off the floor and headed straight here. I gave it 2 stars instead of 3 because I chuckled at the ending in spite of myself... which made me feel a bit guilty. Not the reaction you'd expect to have after watching a murder doc.