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.
Review of A Dangerous Son
