Depp V Heard (2023) User Reviews

Depp DESERVED his win - thus, making him more likeable.

[iSeeMoView · 5/10 · 16 August 2023]

Overall, this 3-part mini series displays a good recap of the 2022 trial that would go down in history.

The creator is strongly biased in support of Amber Heard, as is evident, especially in the final episode.

There is a caption at the end that states: The most "likeable" person won, due to the influx of the role social media played in favour of Depp - suggesting that justice wasn't served. While social media no doubt amplified the trial, most people went in with an open mind at the start of the trial in order to seek justice and weigh out both sides. As much as social media was amplified, it was actually due to Amber Heard's increasing actions on the stand - and not because the world immediately favoured one party over the other at the start of the trial.

Johnny Depp was and is the clear and deserving winner of this case: Not due to the world adoring him but due to the fact that Amber Heard spewed out ridiculous claims that proved everything she said as uncredible. Had she even an ounce of respect in stating the actual truth without her horrible and discusting hyperbole acting, the world would have taken her more seriously and understood that these were two human beings that existed - perhaps with equal-causing problems within a marriage. Her lack in taking responsibility for her actions and laying all the blame outside of herself is what gave her this horrible growing reputation on social media.

The show's creator clearly believes that Amber Heard was unfairly treated. While the age of social media can be absolutely vicious - this can clearly and expectedly be the case for the Amber Heards and Meghan Markles of the world who exaggerate the exposure of events that may or may not have occurred, in order to garner sympathy from a larger audience. The world only has so much sympathy for the "infinite victimhood mentality" that these characters personally bring upon themselves. For both of these women, this outpour of having to be "right" rather than wanting to be "truthful" has tremendously backfired.

Johnny Depp won, not because he was loved (in fact, he was absolutely wrongfully defamed prior to the trial due to how he was portrayed by Heard's allegations.) He won because he was honest - and certainly more honest than Heard ever could be. The final caption at the end of this series indicates that because the world hated Heard (due to the negative social media directed upon her during this trial), it is why she lost. When the result is that she made herself unlikeable through her repulsive lies and disgusting acting on the stand.

We all have a responsibility in this life to take accountability for our own actions. We as humans are not perfect. What we can do though, is admit to and learn from any of our mistakes and mistreatings towards the world and others; and become better people as a result of this. If Amber Heard didn't exaggeratingly lie and present herself in the way she did, the world would have continued properly listening to both sides. The negative social media attention was brought upon herself: This is where the documentary creator completely missed the mark, in her biases towards favouring Heard. Ultimately, the jury decided; and they did - rightfully so, given the concrete evidence and the misleading outpour they witnessed with this drama queen on the stand.

There are only so many "crying wolf" situations that can play out by its perpetrators, before viewers step up to prove that those watching are not stupid people. Cheaply throwing someone under the bus for something they did not do - such as instigated by the Amber Heards and Meghan Markles of the world - is what grows this person's haters - and should not be targeted towards those that they wrongfully accuse when intending to cause harm.

5/10 rating for the collection of footage and editing, and the overall production and recap of the trial within these 3 episodes - but the biases didn't sway my opinion against the justified winner of this case - Depp, despite its biased intent. If it were more balanced and not leaning more towards Amber Heard at the end, this rating would deserve something higher at 8.5/10 for its production. A good documentary lets the audience decide their own verdict, without having any hidden agenda - which was greater revealed towards the ending, after the documentary's buildup.

In conclusion: #JusticeForJohnny-IS JUSTIFIED: And for his growing and coming up as the better person at the end of this all. He was the true winner, not only in winning this trial but, in also not having to put up with this abusive person in his life any longer. Continue the healing, Johnny Depp and perhaps one day, Amber Heard can do the same when or -IF- she comes to terms with reality and taking accountability and responsibility for her own actions and mistakes in life.

This is clearly biased in one direction

[jaybug-49925 · 4/10 · 19 August 2023]

These two were toxic. Johnny admittedly had temper flare up's and drugs. She told untruths. It would be difficult to tell this story with taking sides. The human fecal matter is one point. They fail to bring in his witness. They feature her witnesses. They bring in other things not really related and some text Johnny made about a prank he was considering. I watched the whole original trial. Even though they both behaved badly, Ms. Heard was discovered to have lied several times. She got 7 million. She should've just walked away. Mr. Depp was more believable. I believe he would have been a nightmare but she was a gold digger.

Trying too hard

[ScottLentz · 4/10 · 21 August 2023]

This "documentary" makes the bold claim that social media is a powerful force to sway public opinion and that public trials get discussed a lot by the general public. Crazy, I know.

It tries very hard to also re-litigate a few details about the trial with very dramatic music over top of what I'm sure they think is real spicy "evidence". Wouldn't be surprised if this was produced by Amber Herd's team. Only Johnny's defense seems to be "fact checked", not Amber's

It certainly seems to want to mock and discredit the people who supported Depp throughout the trial and make Amber look like their victim.

If you like the drama, it's a fun and normal court doc. If you're actually interested in learning about the facts of the trial, you won't find much of that here.

Just awful

[gypsy-87293 · 2/10 · 17 August 2023]

The content is there and, quite literally, writes itself. Rather than focus on the trial and major players, this documentary focuses on the impact social media had on the trial. To be honest, I found that to be the most annoying part of the actual trial. Everyone suddenly became an expert on civil cases and felt the world wanted to hear their opinion. This series goes from one nobody to the next, and their outlook and opinion on the case. NO ONE CARES! I wanted to hear more on the case itself, not from the nobodies with no legal expertise. Such a waste of a time, and had I know how bad it would be, I would never have watched.

Where do they find these people??

[michelemvincent · 17 August 2023]

Really? A dude dressed up as Deadpool is a commentator? They must have scoured the Internet for every wackadoodle with a YouTube page waiting for their 15 minutes.

Depp clearly has substance and anger issues. Heard *clearly* has a personality disorder. On the witness stand she's rehearsed and over-acts in her answers. It comes across like she embellished a LOT of her story, based on hers and Depp's arguments.

That pretty much speaks for the caliber of this, um,... "production". It's a bunch of yahoos offering commentary that just feeds the media circus. Skip it. Watch the actual footage and decide for yourself.

Humanity just gets classier

[sad_otter · 6/10 · 17 August 2023]

I read some reviews earlier as I was iffy about watching something like is. Though I agreed with a lot of the negative ones broader points I found their reasoning flawed. I really don't see how one could say this ...documentary? Tabloid thing?...whatever, whoever made it isn't obviously biased toward Heard. How? By showing her side? Such as it was. If they were biased in her favor they did a real poor job of it. Granted she didn't give them much to work with but wow. If you think this was biased what would fair have been? Just 'settle' for crucifying her?

Domestic violence is one of those most malleable legal violations I've ever seen. Did Depp abuse her? Yeah, looks like it, by the definition. And she sure kept up her end. In my state domestic violence is essentially ANY physical contact while you're mad or arguing with the other person. Brush past them in the hallway and your watch or purse scuffs the other person? Sure, arrest em. There's a bias towards men as the aggressors sure. Sometimes the police just take both parties in if they can't figure it out. It's really a matter of who decides to take it outside the relationship and report it first as they control the narrative and decide when the clock starts and when it all starts to count. That's a big advantage.

We'll never know for sure.. that's true. I do know that it takes two to have a violent relationship. Maybe one started, maybe the other. That rapidly becomes irrelevant if you're both fighting and staying. I realize some unfortunate few are isolated and cowed into submission but Amber Heard is/was a celebrity. She could've blinked two times into the cameras constantly pointed at her. There's excuses and reasons to stay, many that Amber deployed, but it comes off rather less a final cry for help then a pulling of the nuclear option and busting his ass kind of thing. This series was overall a fair rehash of the major points, though moving special by any means. It's a documenting of the experience through someone with a lot of online exposure.

Whether you watched the trial or this the big points remain the same:

-Johnny is what I guess you'd call a functional substance abuser/alcoholic that has anger and control issues when under the influence.

• Amber has more constant mental issues regardless of substances. Bipolar or something in that realm. Maybe just PTSD but she's got a funny way of showing it.

• They both oscillate moods and get angry then nice and had been at war for quite some time.

I strongly feel anyone should be able to get help for domestic violence. However at this point with this system I feel it should be completely limited to separation and counseling with no punitive aspect. The same laws that protect a cowed survivor of chronic abuse easily and often get plastered to generally stable people that let themselves be driven nuts in isolated incidents. Abusers every past transgression related or not are generally admissible while the victim can just happen to have accused their last half a dozen previous partners that had never been violent before too and that all gets sealed for their privacy as a delicate survivor. I get why this stuff was put into place but it's so easily exploited. Imagine when a man uses the exploits that and see how you feel about it. There's probably a few guys hiding in the bathroom and crying in the corner of the shower fully dressed but it's not the majority. I get solidarity but it's just too difficult to accurately punish events in a private relationship barring apparent wounds/evidence.

They're both guilty. She probably did drop a deuce on his bed. You go girl. He's an angry drunk and they were pretty much the worst personalities for each others bad sides. Well the guy hung out with Hunter Thompson; did she expect a calm sober pacifist? Everyone should've kept quiet, separate as gracefully as possible and not take it public. With celebrities that's essentially fighting dirty. That Op-Ed was just like the anonymous "I don't want to say who cuz I won't sink that low ...BUT (assassinates the character of person whose identity everyone knows anyway)." It was an ugly embarrassing slog for both of them and wow she got the worst of it. Oh well. You took it into the court of public opinion. Anonymous callous public opinion. Good luck with that.

This series did rely very strongly on a ton of YouTube and TikTok personalities, none of which I recognize and just come off as tacky and dumb (am I suppose to care what a guy in a Deadpool mask said about something?). All that was an aspect as far as the backlash against Heard but if you found that to be a running theme of the trial or integral to it that's just your experience but not everyone's. Random people thought stuff about this. Both ways. Great, so skip all of it.

I recommend this to anyone that managed to totally skip all this as it happened. Otherwise nothing new. I did like the poop emoji with sprinkles Netflix used for the thumbnail though. Not the most cerebral humor but I enjoyed it.

A review from a real person not a bot/drama queen

[danielcereto · 7/10 · 18 August 2023]

First, I am not into influencers or social Media. So, consecuently my opinion about the documentary is that both are guilty of abusing each other in different ways. The big difference was that the Amber's legal team were pretty bad in court. On the other hand, Johny was guilty of several actions but his attorneys were pretty good attacking and almost humiliating Amber.

Second, I don't understand why social media "experts" are so important here. Most influencers are just people who don't go out often, they live 18 hours a day in a room, and they can barely understand how the world works. I don't get it.

Tik Tok is not the new Harvard legal faculty!!

Anyway, great watch. I recommend the documentary.

Time Netflix stops using the words docu series and documentary, this is propaganda

[[e-mail] · 1/10 · 16 August 2023]

I gave this so called docu series a shot & watched it. Did I enjoyed it? No, it was not keeping the threads together & the main purpose was to make Amber Heard's story shine more positive to give her more credits & truthfulness, which of course is a lie.

The courts judgment was that neither of Johnny Depp & Amber Heard was complete winners, Heard won on one small thing which was not in real against Depp but of a tabloid hunter, but Depp got to take the punch for it. The rest won Depp after a long trial where the whole world got to see how they both are & was. Series didnt respect the court.

The series didn't respect the court decision and the hard work of the judge and jury.

Instead it has an angle that let people start interpreting this sad case between once two loved ones in favour of Heard.

Remember, Heard actually accepted this public court trial, but she didn't expect the backlash after people learned more and more how she is, how she in one seconds can pretend to cry against the jury, but once she turns her head in other direction she at once stops fake crying and gets a stone face expression.

Depp was never without guilt, but he was not an abuser. She tried all the time to provoke him and he runned away and she followed, all this was brought up during the trial. I didn't got this important part brought up in this series.

I encourage people to watch this series even if it has a lot of strange angles, but please after watch the live sent trial in full, it's very informative.

Depp vs Heard Guilt!!

[drana-86716 · 10/10 · 26 December 2023]

The documentary shows what happened in the court. It is nothing but personal issue between husband and wife who happened to be famous movie stars. We all had our own opinions. For some Amber is wrong, for some Depp. Most of them watched the trial live but majority of them saw it on social media through YouTube/TikTok channels. They believed in what the 'CREATORS' showed them and how they bullied not only Depp or Amber but others on social media too and that's the problem.

It doesn't matter who wins the case because it was a personal issue but how social media influencers are making content irresponsibly is the problem nowadays and that's what this documentary shows us.

I am feeling guilty because I fell for that too!! Last 10 minutes of episode 3 is something else!! Must watch!! No sides were taken. It appears that director took Heard's side at first and it's only because we never heard or believe her side of the story. Johnny is not shown in a bad light.

Did public opinion sway the verdict?

[magnoliacream · 7/10 · 19 August 2023]

This is a 3-episode summary of Johnny Depp's defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard plus a peek into the state of public opinion during the trial. It was a he-said-she-said circus that tried to paint the other party as abusive and dishonest as much as possible. The trial ignited TV/internet spectators around the world, many of whom suddenly became law and psychology experts who could tell with confidence whether somebody on the witness stand was lying or not.

Depp's side wanted the trial to be made public. I'm baffled why Heard's side allowed it, considering her inferior fame compared to his. Goaded by public opinion that was mostly one-sided in favor of the much more famous Depp, his attempt to reclaim his reputation looked like a heartless attack against his ex-wife who was battered and bullied by his supporters not only online but in person outside the courthouse. No matter how bad she might have been, I could not help feeling distraught at this cruelty. I was a neutral viewer but could not deny that this was a stark display of abuse even more severe than those cited during the trial. This time, Depp's side let his fandom join in the abuse.

The trial showed how truth is immaterial in the court of public opinion where people tend to believe what they want to believe in, to side with the party they sympathize with. And Depp's much more massive and zealous fanbase did not disappoint.

The trial also showcased how women's tendency to be more emotional can doom the female side of he-said-she-said tussles. Depp was shown to be much cooler than his ex-wife, sometimes even smiling or chuckling, making him appear likeable and believable. Heard, on the other hand, sported a facial expression that sometimes bordered on antagonistic and sometimes looked like an attempt to play the victim. And her unusual asymmetrical hairstyles only made it harder to empathize with her. In short, she did not look likeable and believable.

Depp might have won in the court of public opinion that might have influenced the verdict despite the jury being continuously warned against it, but in the end, unbiased viewers would more likely feel that the truth had escaped their grasp. With the reputation of both sides shred into pieces, this airing of dirty laundry was lamentable, if not devastating, for both parties. But what was most disturbing was witnessing mobbing or group bullying in action.

If I could give 0 stars I would

[frkejensen · 1/10 · 16 August 2023]

This isn't even a Documentary. Watched it with the sound for vision impaired people, and 10 minutes in there was no doubt - this felt like a media strike from Ambers Team, a hit piece. The description of mannerisms was so flawed and one sided. This documentary claimed it would set it up so we could see the testimonies side by side, with both views side by side. It didn't.

No new information only left out information, and nothing off importance was included.

Finale episode, where they bring up the excluded documents, the ones that were made public. They only mention one text - one that was excluded because of no metadata and it was different to all the other texts, and they make it into the most crucial evidence. But no mention off all the audio where Heard is taunting/bullying and admitting to be the abuser - not even a mention of the Australian tapes.

Also the very few bits of YouTubers taken out of context, but with no focus on all the hours they used on explaining and deep diving every single detail was mentioned, they painted those lawyers as devils.

I'm sorry but a 8 year old could have made a better documentary, what a waste of time.

Clear agenda!

[jacquimelck · 2/10 · 17 August 2023]

I really struggled to watch this docuseries. As someone who watched every minute of the trial live, this depiction is biased and does not accurately reflect the events of the trial as they played out. Many moments of the trial have been used out of context to mislead the viewer regarding how poorly Amber actually came across while testifying. I would have preferred a more balanced account that considered the differences in the legal defences of the two sides. Johnny's team did not use social media to manipulate social media. Instead, people online following the trial were genuinely moved by the Depp defence and stood up for Johnny as a result.

How many mis-truths in one show

[croupier-39020 · 22 August 2023]

Netflix have got this so badly wrong that it now makes me question every documentary ever produced by them.

It is clear that this was pushed onto them by Heard's team to make her look the victim, when if you watch the trial it is clear who the abuser was and that Amber totally lied and defamed Johnny so badly he was awarded 15 million in punitive damages......punitive!!

Below is just a copy of above, but it wouldn't let me post without a 600 word minimum review lol!!

Netflix have got this so badly wrong that it now makes me question every documentary ever produced by them.

It is clear that this was pushed onto them by Heard's team to make her look the victim, when if you watch the trial it is clear who the abuser was and that Amber totally lied and defamed Johnny so badly he was awarded 15 million in punitive damages......punitive!!

Come on Netflix do better!!

Fandom is a Double Edged Sword

[marymcfarland-01866 · 6/10 · 16 August 2023]

This documentary was fine. It was exactly what it sold itself to be....a side by side comparison of testimony from TWO VERY damaged people who HURT EACH OTHER and also happen to be extremely wealthy and in the public eye. It also highlighted the unfortunate power of random keyboard fan warriors, which seems to be a fact that is lost on everyone.

I did not watch this trial because I do not care about these people. I did watch this documentary simply due to the lack of new content because of the strikes.

My takeaway from this documentary...as someone who could not possibly care less...is that it told the story it said would tell. I appreciated that it highlighted how random, ill-informed public opinion on social media influences everything, and also how the legitimate media just takes that ball and runs with it.

If you're not some crazed super-fan, I recommend. It's interesting enough.

We watched it live!

[SirEllas · 2/10 · 16 August 2023]

So the creator have to be a troll, made this just to make waves. People say we all got influenced my media and so on. But most of us watched live, everyday, every minute! We know better. Did she pay for this? This is not at all a objective documentary. Did the creator watch the trial, honestly? I personally started out on AH side, cause the media angle made think this was true. Then I watched the trial and everyday it turned me little by little. This undermineds the jury, the people that watched and him. It's a full documentary on gaslighting. Is it because he put it behind him and said no to be a part of the documentary?

Post-truth

[Phantasma_the_Black · 6/10 · 17 August 2023]

This nearly three-hour documentary about a specific court case turns out to be much more than that - a reflection of ways in which power, charisma, and social influence control the narratives and worldviews of so many of us.

Moreover, it delves into the effect of social media on the court of public and, if that wasn't concerning enough - the court of law as well. More often than not, we like to believe we have transgressed the times when a charismatic individual could persuade the whole of society in whatever he wanted them to believe, but now and then, we get a harsh reminder that we are as vulnerable to manipulation as we have ever been. Perhaps even more so with the (mis)information spreading faster than ever.

However, and unfortunately so, this project seems plagued by the very lack of the broader picture it aims to criticize. The UK trial is only briefly mentioned and, while we do see the effect of social media unfold in front of us, the real mechanism behind it is never explained. An expert commentary on PR strategies and domestic abuse could have filled in the gaps.

In conclusion, although it tackles important topics, it still could have been much more. Perhaps the producers were afraid of making the "wrong" people angry. Or maybe they believed that putting the mirror in front of us will suffice in making us rethink our perception of truth and justice. Only time will tell.

Did I miss something?

[brandon-hutson · 6/10 · 17 August 2023]

The majority of these reviews talk about how this doc was skewed towards making Amber look a victim. I saw it as exactly the opposite. I thought that it portrayed Johnny as more of a victim than Amber (rightfully so).

In my eyes, they highlighted a bunch of instances where she was caught in lies, while rationalizing a lot of the lows that Johnny experienced. What I took away from how this doc was presented, was that Johnny was clearly being set up to be an abuser by a woman who may in fact be a literal psychopath.

Obviously there's no way for any of us to know the whole truth of all that happened during their tumultuous relationship. But if I had previously known nothing about the case beforehand and watched this documentary, I think I probably would've finished watching it convinced that Johnny Depp was the victim (which is how I felt while following the case anyway).

So in conclusion, I'd just like to say that I respectfully disagree with how this documentary was perceived by many of you. What I got from it was a bit of extra vindication for Johnny, a continued distrust of Amber Heard, and a few laughs at her deplorable acting abilities.

Kudos to the producers for highlighting the system is not working

[academybrightsparks · 10/10 · 17 September 2023]

I was amazed at how the trial was allowed to play out.

JD, his team and witnesses clearly lied given the unlocking of documents after the trial. Why is the court not being sued for not allowing the text messages and other evidence. Proves AH was telling the truth and the witnesses for JD lied under oath. AH was kicked and abused on the flight. The courts failed another victim. Shame on them!

Also, JD is clearly an abuser who has a history of substance abuse and he uses that and his childhood as an excuse to prey on women much younger than him. Stopped watching Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie stuff after the way they treated Jennifer Aniston and I think JDepp is dead as an artist to us. We are not going to watch any of this stuff and make money for him or the creators of his work.

Kudos to Neflix and the producers for highlighting this case. I think it would be good to take victims of domestic abuse in the industry and give them more work and to lead by example what standards are acceptable. Amber Heard should get more strong roles and should be promoted.

Another abuser outed by the media (Russel Brand) and what are the odds he will get away with murder. The media and channels have a huge responsibility to check before hiring any such abusers. Otherwise they are complicit.

dramatised 'documentary', but gives some insight

[promethesis · 7/10 · 18 August 2023]

As someone who didn't follow up on the news regarding the trial, and being a European, this dramatised documentary gives some insight in what happened between Depp and Heard and the media+social media circus it generates. After seeing the 3 episodes (binge-watchable) I am inclined to support Heard, not Depp, simply because (it appears so in the documentary) that social media were full of fans of Depp that didn't like Heard, to the point of harrasment, and how it (supposedly) came to be that the social media had such a massive sympathy for Depp. Though I am aware some dramatic techniques, soundtrack music even, can influence someone while watching the docu...Fact is there was a trial with a verdict, and a film... is not a trial. This said, maybe the documentary is far too short to cover all information, but it raises some gigantic questions about social media, and fans, people who stay loyal to their idols without questioning them if they become compromised or do actions, even supposedly, a normal healthy person would and should not do. This information is all available in this documentary.

Insufferable Rehashed TikTok Nonsense

[kaideneve · 1/10 · 21 August 2023]

Upon finishing the first episode, which was a chore in itself to get through, I could already tell that the overarching formula of this "documentary" is nothing but a chaotic mishmash of random YouTubers and TikTokers giving their hair-brained opinions on the various aspects of the trial, interspersed amongst short clips of the actual courtroom proceedings organized to make it seem more confrontational.

This series is extremely annoying to watch, and I'm saying this as someone who followed the trial very closely. I would rather taze myself and chug Sriracha than watch more, and unless the 2nd and 3rd episodes (which I don't feel I need to watch) have an amazingly different approach, I'm gonna go ahead and give this a huge pass.

Glad YouTube creators are here for you to COPY&PASTE

[thimbletack · 1/10 · 16 August 2023]

I watched the whole trial streamed. Why is a "documentary" JUST using other people's footage? If my content was used, without permission (like popcorn planet), I'd be so angry. If you wanted to do a documentary, why wouldn't YOU - a producer, filmmaker, etc attend this trial and get your own footage? It's so lazy. I do enjoy my documentaries on Netflix and this is absolutely the worst. Grant it, what was on social media was a huge wave, but how does that give someone the right to make a documentary threading other people's work together?

Watching the whole trial, this is incredibly biased. If you show testimony of Heard's witnesses, maybe also show Depp's witnesses in the same light in the same episode!

I hope those content creators bring some serious heat to this production crew.

SA/DV Survivor who watched the Trial

[deannagress-68143 · 21 August 2023]

Personally devastated watching Netflix blatantly normalize Victim Shaming. Depp won.

I watched THE Trial -the jury got it right . He won because he was the victim. Whoever greenlit this at Netflix should be fired but it doesn't matter I cancelled my $26 Netflix sub This isn't a documentary. There is too much taken out of context The trial happened in a courtroom the reaction to the evidence happened on SM This trial triggered many survivors like myself who initially believed Amber only to hear audios of her sounding like our abuser but to put future victims at risk because of her false allegations is reckless.

Cringe-fest and Triggering Because of Depp Devotees

[mayank6002 · 6/10 · 2 September 2023]

I'm not sure what this docu-series is actually trying to accomplish, but for me, it solidified my belief that some people on this planet have way too much time to queue outside court, stand on the curb-side or make those cringey online video in the name of content creation. Plus, it also solidified my belief that this trial in particular wasn't really a trial but a PR campaign from both sides, where one side won and other lost. Court cases should allowed to be just court cases but here the way people made videos, screamed in those so called "reaction videos", I just kept getting triggered and had to somehow sit through.

People are mad the facts/receipts are different than the hype

[bebittevachon · 6/10 · 18 August 2023]

Far from perfect.

You can see at times, they seem to be on Amber's side. I believe it's because the receipts shows Depp lied a LOT.

People are mad because the truth is different from what they were told to believe on the tiktok train.

They would get sued if the facts they bring against J. DEPP are fake so at some point, people must stop choosing their "favorite" 's side and accept they are both wrong.

We see their reactions when the other one speaks, a plus when all you saw where random videos about the trial. Many things were taken out of context.

Could have been way better for a doc that took 1 year to make tho.

A documentary that doesn't wanna take things seriously.

[giuliobalsamo · 6/10 · 16 August 2023]

Please note: Before watching this series, i did not know this was a thing and didn't know it was displayed on cable, so i'm not someone that was there live when it happened.

Now, where to begin? This is a documentary that does some good things and some bad things, these bad things are what plagiarize the whole documentary and make it painful to watch and... wait, i can't tell you this stuff without my experience on watching it!

.....okay. My experience with this documentary is REALLY mixed, i both enjoyed it and hated it. If there is one thing i can say, is that it knows how to keep you hooked and it does quite well to be honest. Yes, at the beginning of the documentary, i was furious at what i was seeing, TikTokers and YouTubers being there and recording the announcement of the trial and arleady trying to skew in fake information before it even begins, yeah, i hated those first 9 minutes. But after i while, i actually managed to enjoy it, ( don't get me wrong, i wasn't astounded by the content nor did i awe ), but i could atleast see that the people that complied this, tried to make it feel nice and not unwatchable, *cough* influencer scenes, *cough*. But then again, even when it was good, it was nothing too special.

The bad parts of this documentary have to be the out of place scenarios with the youtubers, twitch streamers and ESPECIALLY, the TikTokers. OH BOY THE TIKTOKERS! These scenes are just the worst and are the biggest problem with the series, seriously, who thought it was a good idea to have such clips of random memes of the jury scattered around?! What it tries to do, is to show how the media is using this event to get views and make memes out of it but it doesn't work and in a documentary like this, that's not something you want. While the ones with the youtubers and twitch streamers were a little better, they are put in places that don't need them and just make you scream: "Why?" Thankfully, some of these moments are used in the correct context and at the correct timeline but still, not good.

The good things about it are... sadly not many but there are okay! When i talked about my experience with it i said that the documentary knows how to keep you hooked and it's true, throughout the episodes there are multiple occasions where you can say: "OMG, this really happened or is this a lie, hmmm, i don't know, i'll need more information to give a true statement." That's what the main point of this documentary is and that's what it is supposed to do, ABOVE anything else, and it does it perfectly! I was actually shocked by some of the scenes they showed, ( no spoilers ) and actually felt scared in some places. The way everything is used, the cinematography how it is compiled, the correct use of external news and social media videos, it is what makes this documentary somewhat decent and fun to watch. However, it is still up with some problems, like there being way too much usage of influencers talking about the moment which does overlay the audio of the voices of either Depp or Heard and some pointless scenes of the crowd trying to get noticed by one of the celebrities.

Overall, my experience with this title is both good and bad. On one hand i think it is one of the worst documentaries in history, full of pointless scenes and the total lack of seriousness throughout the whole thing, which is especially shown to the influencers that literally laugh and make memes on TikTok about the cringe moments of the jury, instead of trying to listen and use their brain to understand what's happening and see who's right and who's wrong and even the people who made this documentary don't seem to take it seriously and it can be immediately seen from the first episode alone! But hey, atleast the editing is really good. But on the other hand, i think it's a documentary that is able to show us how the new generation takes these events, how people decide what should be considered as important evidence and uselles evidence, the honesty of people and how one or multiple bad things can affect us for the rest of our life and i think that's a really nice thing to show, it also includes some really nice messages.

So, to give out one final word: This documentary is mixed full of problems, out of place clips but also contains some nice moments and shows us the true side of these two actors and i'm glad that Depp won, i just knew from how Depp was answering the questions that Heard was a big liar.