Capturing the Friedmans
2003Movie1 h 47 minNR
Summary
An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want to half-watch while scrolling
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+15)
Critics 94Audiences 79GoodWatch 85
Tomatometer97%
Metascore90
Audience score88%
IMDb7.6
User score7.4
Running time
1 h 47 min
A typical length for documentaries, +11 min on the typical 96
typical 96107Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 35 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
+25Released
2003
May 30, 2003
23 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryCrimeLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesIntense
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
19 of 19
- AFArnold FriedmanSelf (archive footage)
- EFElaine FriedmanSelf
- DFDavid FriedmanSelf
Jesse FriedmanSelf- SFSeth FriedmanSelf (archive footage)
- JMJohn McDermottSelf - Postal Inspector
- FGFrances GalassoSelf - Ret. Director, Sex Crimes Unit
- ASAnthony SguegliaSelf - Detective, Sex Crimes Unit
- JOJoseph OnoratoSelf - Asst. District Attorney
- JMJudd MartinSelf - Jesse's Best Friend in High School
- HFHoward FriedmanSelf - Arnold's Brother
- RGRon GeorgalisSelf - Former Computer Student
- SBScott BanksSelf - Judge's Legal Secretary
- ABAbbey BoklanSelf - Judge
Debbie NathanSelf - Investigative Journalist- JBJerry BernsteinSelf - Arnold's Attorney
- PPPeter PanaroSelf - Jesse's Attorney
- LDLloyd DoppmanSelf - Detective, Sex Crimes Unit
- JFJack FallinSelf - Howard's Partner
Directing · 1
- Andrew Jarecki Director, Producer
Production · 12
- Marc Smerling Producer, Additional Photography
- Richard Hankin Co-Producer, Editor
- Jennifer Rogen Associate Producer
- Jose A. Barrios Production Manager
- Peter Bové Line Producer
- Alex Carone Production Manager
Camera · 5
- Adolfo Doring Director of Photography
- Aaron Phillips Additional Photography
- Rossana Rizzo Additional Photography
- Charlie Beyer Additional Photography
- Brian Jackson Additional Photography
Sound · 4
- Andrea Morricone Music
- Peter Waggoner Sound mixer
- Ira Spiegel Sound Editor
- Marlena Grzaslewicz Sound Editor
Other crew · 3
- Robert Warmflash Post Production Supervisor
- John Gurrin Sound Recordist
- Nancy Baker Creative Consultant
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