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Name: Crazy, Not Insane
Released: 2020-11-20
Cast: Dorothy Lewis, Catherine Yeager, Richard Burr, Park Dietz

Crazy, Not Insane

TV-MA
1h 58m
2020

94%

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From Ted Bundy to Joel Rifkin, serial killers have captured the enduring focus of esteemed Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis, who has spent her adult life studying the most notorious murderers. This provocative documentary from Academy Award(R) winner Alex Gibney is a portrait of a woman willing to reach inside the darkest places of the criminal mind. Dr. Lewis' literary voice read by actress Laura Dern, and the eclectic use of cinema verite, videotapes of psychiatric evaluations, animation, and home movies, reveals how Dr. Lewis' insights and forensic skills helped change the laws and the approach of death penalty lawyers.

Director:

Alex Gibney

Producer:

Alex Gibney

Cast:

Dorothy Lewis, Catherine Yeager, Richard Burr, Park Dietz

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

94%

Critics Consensus: Crazy, Not Insane isn't as narratively disciplined as documentarian Alex Gibney's best work, but Dorothy Otnow Lewis' clinical analysis of murderous psychology may prompt unexpected sympathy for the devil.

Reviews

Lola On Film

Milana Vujkov

Dr. Lewis is exceptionally empathetic, at the same time, she is painstakingly, surgically inspecting every facet of the perpetrators’ lives [...] like a true detective would (a parallel she would appreciate), tracing the villain origins of [DID] creation.

...what intrigues them more is the age-old question which has never been met with a satisfying answer — what makes an individual indulge in prolonged periods of frenzied killing?

Crazy, Not Insane approaches the topic of serial killers from what I believe is a quite necessary angle. [Full review in Spanish]

A forensic psychiatrist known for her controversial views on serial killers and the death penalty, Lewis is an absorbing subject.

December 30, 2020

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