6/10
Interesting but too long
16 January 2020
Warning: Spoilers
A good documentary overall but not great. I was really excited about this documentary when I heard about it. I liked it overall though I felt that it added very little to what was already known about Aaron Hernandez overall. Moreover, I felt that it started to go down a path of political correctness wherein it was starting to imply that repeat concussions as seen with contact sports like football were the root cause to his bad behavior and demise-fortunately though somewhat confusingly, it seemed to back-peddle on this issue towards the end. I felt that there was more that could have been said about the system in our society that fosters, cultivates, praises and protects superstar athletes till an atrocity takes place and it no longer can. There was more substance to the story that I felt the director could have delved into that was not presented. Ultimately, what we were left with was a very long and repetitive presentation of a very disturbed and ill young man who wasted his potential.
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