the images evoked are in perfect sync with the time—the 1970s and 80s—and we are absorbed by the embarrassing hair styles, the music of the period, the alarmingly swift overheated tensions. this is why reality television has caught on so deeply. we've become a nation that has grown up admiring itself on television, a country that matured waiting for ''american idol.''
- elvis mitchell, "review of capturing the friedmans: witness to a family's slow-motion collapse," new york times
posted January 04, 2004 in film, print