Victim/Suspect is a must-watch because it demonstrates the deterrents to rape victims coming forward are far more dire than most of us realized.

| Jan 19, 2024

"Victim/Suspect" exposes the extent to which women, conditioned to apologize for any inconvenience, are vulnerable to pressures to take the blame, and even serve time, for their own violent rapes.

| Jun 26, 2023

Schwartzman is never able to put any sort of authorial stamp on the material. Like many Netflix productions, cinematography is uninteresting and the editing rather pedestrian.

| Jun 26, 2023

This infuriating but important documentary should be seen.

| Jun 12, 2023

It's a very important subject, but I didn't feel that Schwartzman brought anything near the incisiveness of her earlier documentaries.

| Jun 6, 2023

Victim/Suspect offers a measured approach to a volatile subject, which is precisely what it needs.

| May 31, 2023

Director Nancy Schwartzman (Roll Red Roll) displays a dynamic presentation about a well-researched review investigation into the sexual assaults of women college students.

| May 30, 2023

Despite the lead journalist acting as narrator, talking head and re-creator, the film still offers an infuriating indictment of quota policing by investigators and enough of the voices we need to hear from to make this urgent viewing.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 30, 2023

an infuriating yet essential watch exposing institutional and cultural biases, as well as some frankly lazy police work

| May 29, 2023

An angry piece of cinematic advocacy that doubles as a passionate ode to old-fashioned journalism, the new Netflix documentary Victim/Suspect takes a handful of harrowing real-life stories and slaps them with the streaming ‘filter’.

| May 25, 2023

A document of superb journalism but is unfortunately told in a sludgy, distracting fashion.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 24, 2023

To call Victim/Suspect hard-hitting and infuriating is a massive understatement. This documentary will leave you angry beyond words, but you should watch it nonetheless.

| May 24, 2023

The film, which examines cases in which sexual assault survivors are charged with false reporting, is the rare entry whose revelations feel cogent, earned and memorable.

| May 24, 2023

Watch, learn, take action. Reform won’t happen unless we demand it.

| May 23, 2023

The information is harrowing and disgusting, but it’s also inspiring to see how one journalist’s dogged investigation shed light on a troubling pattern in law enforcement leading to actionable changes for the better.

| May 23, 2023

Unfortunately, this documentary is another example of how the systems put in place to protect us can fail us miserably.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 23, 2023

A film about a police culture that doesn’t seem to take rape charges seriously—or, at the very least, doesn’t think that thoroughly examining accusations is worth the hassle when intimidation and humiliation will facilitate their jobs.

| May 23, 2023

Victim/Suspect manages to be at once fascinating, improperly focused and somewhat redundant.

| Original Score: 4.5/10 | May 19, 2023

An artless documentary that feels overwritten and orchestrated to a fault. The topic is important and infuriating, but it’s not a particularly well-made film.

| Apr 3, 2023

[A] powerful, hard-hitting investigative documentary.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 21, 2023