He claims here to have been influenced early on by Snow White. I should have thought Peter Pan instead.

| Jan 5, 2018

If you're not a diehard fan of Polanski I can't see the pic holding your attention, as it lacks intrigue.

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 17, 2013

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2011

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

Some might confuse Zenovich's indictment on the judge as a cop-out in judging Polanski. But the facts remain. There's no further insight into the heinous crime. Nor is there a new judgment to be passed on the man who committed it. Anyone looking for new r

| Original Score: 78/100 | Oct 1, 2009

"Zenovich's film is a fair and skillful chronicling of the Roman Polanski case, and a study of how the circumstances of celebrity influence the carrying out of justice in the U.S. It's not an in-depth study of the filmmaker's psychology nor of how his lif

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 30, 2009

The film's verdict is that Polanski is too distinguished to persecute by placing him in a prison among, well, criminals. Wanted And Desired: A premeditated act of propaganda in the service of exoneration with a creative genius defense, instead of remorse.

| Sep 27, 2009

A judiciously argued account with intriguing asides

| Aug 26, 2009

While not apologising for his disgusting behaviour, the film puts Polanski's actions in the context of a turbulent life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 19, 2009

an essential entry in Hollywood's cultural chronicle

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 8, 2009

Mesmo tendo criado uma narrativa envolvente, coesa e impecvel a ponto de servir como base para os advogados de Polanski solicitarem o arquivamento do caso, este documentrio foi ignorado pela Academia. Arre.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 3, 2008

What makes Wanted and Desired riveting is that Zenovich balances this immorality play by interviewing nearly everyone involved and mixes it with perfectly culled archival footage.

| Original Score: B | Sep 12, 2008

This chronicle of Polanski's life, career and legal woes offers an engaging portrait of the artist.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 8, 2008

Marina Zenovich's documentary is that it fills in a lot of crucial details (including a few new ones), primarily about the rape and its aftermath.

Full Review | Aug 1, 2008

It's the sort of complex story Polanski himself would have excelled at telling, if he weren't busy living it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 1, 2008

Though Marina Zenovich's film deals with the notorious case of the film director who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old, the film's real subject is the California legal system turned upside down by celebrity and media pressure.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 25, 2008

Meticulously crafted and keenly thought out, the film also serves as a useful historical document. It illuminates its time period, delves into moral hypocrisy and shows the evolution of muck-raking celebrity journalism.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 25, 2008

With a subject like Roman Polanski, you don't really need to do much to capture audience interest. But maybe that's the reason Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired doesn't live up to its promise.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 25, 2008

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, a documentary by Marina Zenovich that is also a first-rate work of reportage, makes a forceful case that the whole truth of the matter was never heard in court and Polanski was more sinned against than sinning.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jul 25, 2008

I found myself occasionally enthralled, mainly due to Polanski's haunted presence coming through, even in the form of an absent ghost.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 25, 2008