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Love Has Won (2023)
Like a murder/suicide in slow motion
This was more disturbing than other cult documentaries I've seen because of the deteriation of Amy's body...the documentation of that... and that her own teaching came back to essentially kill her.
In the end, she wanted to go to the hospital, but they stuck with her teaching and wouldn't take her. The line of victim/abuser became very blurred compared to other cults, in my opinion. And that made it more disturbing than intriguing. There wasn't anyone to root for or really feel sorry for. Like I said in the title, it was like watching a slow suicide/murder of the leader, which is unusual.
Also... A lot of cult leaders abstain from this amount of mind-altering substances. It was especially difficult to watch her slowly die... blue and hardly responsive. And then what happened after. It felt so yucky that I said a prayer. I really hope they all get the help they need. Rip, Amy.
Search Party (2016)
So much potential... ended up a TOTAL FAIL
I made an IMBD account just to review this because it made me so mad, ha. The characters you start off disliking become the most likable, but that's one of the only positives besides season 1.
I don't know how you can mess up a show so many times. There are some great pockets of millennial humor but it went off the rails in such an annoying, chaotic, and disjointed way.
The first fail was the end of season 1... all their leads leading up to Chantal were irrelevant. Lame. Then the whole murder plot... SO. DUMB. The guy was tracking Dory's PHONE... yet she wouldn't claim self defense? She became SO unlikable... and then was kidnapped by someone with no backstory... then brainwashed... and was always screaming & crying. It was way too random. Why oh why did I continue? I wanted to see where the dumpster fire led. Which was to a landfill of explosive diarrhea with acid falling from the sky.
She dies, comes back to life, and becomes a CULT LEADER??? Portia being in love with Dory?? Smashing rats?? Zombies??? MAKE IT STOP. So much wasted potential. They swung for dark, bombastic comedy that could've worked SO WELL - they had all the ingredients! But it just ending up feeling like they threw a dart at a wall to decide where the show would go. They leaned into the stupidity in the very last episode in a way that was kind of funny. I'll give them that.
Dory's timeline was just too outlandish without any wit or cohesion. Lazy writing.
The 4 stars are for Elliot.