Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
The story of the investigation and trial of abortion provider Dr Kermit Gosnell.
Gosnell tackles a genuinely harrowing and underreported true crime case with earnest conviction, giving it some narrative weight and topical novelty. The plot follows the investigation and trial in a procedural fashion that holds attention, though the storytelling can feel didactic and agenda-driven. Acting is functional but uneven, with limited resources evident throughout. Cinematography is workmanlike and televisual, lacking distinctive visual choices. The ending, grounded in real courtroom outcomes, carries inherent dramatic payoff. Its novelty lies in covering a real case that mainstream media largely avoided, though the filmmaking approach itself is conventional.