You can almost feel the love radiating out of every frame, from a father to a son who never met, but who will touch millions in ways they never thought possible.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 7, 2019

It's one of the few films guaranteed to turn its viewers into a sobbing mess by the end, and the raw power of its story is why it still has a lasting impact with people today.

| Jun 20, 2019

An uneven yet frequently heartbreaking documentary...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 27, 2015

Tense, twisting crime docu is deeply disturbing.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 21, 2015

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Know as little going in as possible. The film's tragedy predates Facebook and Twitter, but the rapid-fire way in which its memorials are edited and the scope of those offering them feels like social-network expression of grief - fast, immediate, unifying.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Sep 25, 2010

A powerful home movie about real-world evil and good

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 3, 2009

Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne set out to make a memorial about his best friend, Dr. Andrew Bagby, with the intention of giving the tribute to Dr. Bagby's son, Zachary, so the boy--unborn at the time of Dr. Bagby's brutal murder, would know about the father whom h

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 27, 2009

The most ambitious work of its kind.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 26, 2009

Emocionalmente exaustivo. No, mais: devastador. Profundamente devastador.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Feb 26, 2009

After it's through, a lot will have been said about friendship, injustice, and both faith in and letdown from the legal system, along with the intriguing thought that moral fortitude provides both its own punishments and rewards.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Dec 9, 2008

A documentary that never should have been made, this film is maudlin tabloid journalism thrown onto the screen. All we get in the end is a cry for revenge.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Dec 8, 2008

Long after the credits roll one will be rendered both empty and lifted by a bewildered family's sudden forbidden journey into the abyss of emotional darkness.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 30, 2008

It's a brutal emotional experience.

| Nov 25, 2008

Just take our advice and bring tissues. You're going to need them.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 25, 2008

The phrase labor of love is so often tossed about, but Kurt Kuenne's emotionally wrenching documentary is absolutely that.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Nov 25, 2008

A slick account of ancient crevices in the human psyche rendered in cutting-edge cinematic style.

| Nov 20, 2008

The most emotionally powerful film of 2008... as deeply personal as any film you will ever see.

| Nov 19, 2008

A sincere heartfelt documentary about life, death and murder.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 14, 2008

You have no idea how much harder Dear Zachary ends up hitting.

| Original Score: B+ | Nov 14, 2008