Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart

Captivated The Trials of Pamela Smart is a 2014 American documentary film directed by Jeremiah Zagar. The film premiered in competition in the category of U.S. Documentary Competition program at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014.

The film tells the story of the 1990 murder of Gregg Smart and the subsequent New Hampshire trial and conviction, with gavel to gavel media coverage, of murderer Pamela Smart.The film received mostly positive response from critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes it has 63 rating based onreviews, on a average rating of 7.210. Dennis Harvey, in his review for Variety, said that This is all intriguing, and will especially fascinate those who werent around and overexposed to the case 20odd years ago. But Zagars thesis that overpowering media exploitation determined its legal outcome early on is introduced in the very first shot, then hammered home harder the longer the pic goes on. ........

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