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.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 25, 2024

...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?

| Sep 27, 2023

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

| Oct 26, 2021

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

| Dec 30, 2020

For now, Crazy, Not Insane feels like it completes a sketch that Extremely Wicked and The Ted Bundy Tapes started but left notably unfinished.

| Dec 30, 2020

Experts can question Dr. Lewis's conclusions, but the documentary leaves no reasonable doubt as to her passion and commitment.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2020

Focusing on Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis, a rebel psychiatrist who believed in multiple personality disorder long before her colleagues did. The videos of her interviewing mass murderers are riveting.

| Dec 30, 2020

Crazy, Not Insane probably isn't for the easily squeamish, but it is a fascinating journey with an influential woman

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 28, 2020

It's a fascinating idea, enhanced by some hair-raising interview footage that could make the most skeptical mind question whether there might be something to Lewis' theories.

| Original Score: B- | Dec 16, 2020

Save for a few shocking photos of victims, Gibney mostly follows [Lewis'] lead of looking not at the what and how of the crime, but the why.

| Dec 3, 2020

An urgent, compelling lateral biography of octogenarian forensic psychiatrist Dr Dorothy Otnow Lewis and the many interviews she conducted with murderers.

| Dec 2, 2020

All of this works thanks to Lewis's infectious energy and dark humor; she passionately and tactfully describes every case without overstepping any boundaries.

| Nov 29, 2020

Anyone with a penchant for crime novels, 온라인카지노추천 or films will likely be enthralled by Crazy, Not Insane .

| Nov 29, 2020

The prolific Mr. Gibney makes art out of the most unlikely subjects, and in Crazy, Not Insane his expressionist's inclinations are given full rein.

| Nov 20, 2020

Lewis got Bundy to admit things nobody else could, and with some of her killers, she's got eye-opening revelations.

| Nov 20, 2020

HBO's macabre Crazy, Not Insane illuminates the chilling work of serial killer psychologist Dorothy Lewis.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 20, 2020

Alex Gibney is the rare documentarian who usually ends up convincing me regardless of whether or not I start on the same side of his arguments.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Nov 20, 2020

It's the names of the murderers that draw us as opposed to the doctor who spoke with them... But filmmaker Alex Gibney is careful to centralize Lewis and her work, creating a fascinating portrait in personality contrasts.

| Nov 19, 2020

Lewis' theories simultaneously demystify serial killers and somehow make them more horrifying, because now they're simply human.

| Nov 19, 2020

While the documentary might not convince those who prefer a black-and-white picture of crime and justice, for anybody with an open mind, it'll definitely make you think.

| Nov 18, 2020