Synopsis
Twenty years after the modern world's most notorious child murder, the legacy of the crime and its impact are explored.
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Cast
- Hannah CagwinSelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee
- Aeona CruzSelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee
- Liv BagleySelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee
- Shylee SagleSelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee
- Danika ToolsonSelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee
- Emma WinslowSelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee
- Elle WalkerSelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee
- Kaydence LuceroSelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee
- Nicole HamiltonSelf - JonBenet Ramsey Auditionee / JonBenet Ramsey Dance Double
- Kit ThompsonSelf - Patsy Ramsey Auditionee
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The Guardian
This isn’t really a film in search of a definitive truth – it’s a deliberate provocation to the conventional notion of truth in the age of media frenzies over salacious crime. - 100
Screen Daily
The mirror it holds up to its subjects — and perhaps the audience — is incredibly, sometimes painfully illuminating. - 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Kitty Green creates something powerful, provocative and dazzlingly original with her second feature. - 83
IndieWire
When the concept really clicks, Casting JonBenet operates as a darkly entertaining look at how gossip can fuel legend to the point where truth loses its relevance. - 80
CineVue
Blending and bending genres to highlight the elusiveness of the truth, Green's avant-garde documentary presents the audience with a wealth of interviewees, each giving their own account of how the murder was reported. - 80
Village Voice
Green's doc — like the case at its center — defies resolution or easy answers. - 75
The A.V. Club
The film ends on a strangely moving theatrical exercise, as the various performers gather together on a soundstage recreation of the Ramsey home to dramatize all the major theories in tandem, creating an overlapping spectacle of speculative horror. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
A clever filmmaking experiment? Without a doubt. A satisfying one? Not so much.