This is officially on my list! You see, I have just had another exceptionally rewarding experience with a documentary–last year's "Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father"–that completely bested almost all the other crime dramas I've ever watched without ever once straying from the truth, or even from the documentary style. I'm telling you, Brad, if you haven't watched it already, watch it now. It is an emotional kick in the gut that you will not forget in a hurry. I was on another site (I forget which), and the moderators/editors were listing recent tearjerkers or something, and two men in a row–keep in mind these are moderators who are serious about movies, not random internet posters–listed this film. And it really was a tearjerker. I won't go too much into the plot (because I know you don't much appreciate spoilers), but I'll say it starts out pretty "normally"–that is, a young man (and a friend of the director's) is shot to death in a pre-meditated murder by his own girlfriend. What happens after that is most decidedly not normal, and I don't really want to give it away, because it has a couple twists that best even the cleverer Hollywood thrillers.

So yeah. That's about it. Oh, and I'm not talking just to Brad. All you other ropeofsilicon readers should watch it, too.

@JM: Hey JM, yeah, I reviewed that one last year (read it here). It didn't hit me as hard as it hit you, but definitely a moving film.

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