“Lurid, heartbreaking, purely 21st-century stuff. In the wrong hands, “The Girl From Plainville” could have felt exploitative, but showrunners Liz Hannah and Patrick Macmanus serve up a nuanced, balanced and creatively intriguing approach to the material. We’re outraged by Michelle’s lies and manipulations, but as portrayed by Elle Fanning in a finely calibrated performance, Michelle also comes across as a sad, lonely and troubled young woman who was under some sort of delusional belief she was actually helping Conrad by encouraging him to end his suffering and leave this world for a better place.” Richard Roeper for the Chicago Sun Times
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“What makes Carr’s take so refreshing is her focus on sidelining Wall’s tragic death in favor of her short dramatic life. […]But the female-focused director […] seems much more concerned with ensuring that the accomplished Wall — a London School of Economics and Columbia University grad who received grants from organizations like the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and the International Women’s Media Foundation — is at the center of her own story. […]In doing so Carr has taken the power of the narrative back from a narcissistic psychopath and returned it to the victim.” Lauren Wissot for Filmmaker Magazine
“Britney vs. Spears”
“Carr has frequently explored the oppression of women in her work with truly great results, and Britney vs. Spears is no exception; it’s not just a rehashing of the stories we’ve already heard. It feels like a genuine effort to make a difference, to break through all the noise and the headlines and remind us that there is a real person suffering at the heart of this story. […] Britney vs. Spears cares about britney getting that control back, and about confronting the systems that failed her.” Jade Budowski for Decider
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“Erin Lee Carr’s ‘At The Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal’ is a compellingly woven true-crime primer that serves both the gist of what happened while exploding your consciousness over what needs to be done.” Robert abele for the Los Angeles times
Critics consensus: At The Heart of Gold is a scathing indictment of institutional abuse that sensitively provides victims with a platform to tell their stories. 100% rating on rotten tomatoes and a NYT Critic's Pick.
FIVE STAR REVIEW FROM THE GUARDIAN "I Love You, Now Die is a superbly perceptive study of the endless convolutions and complexities of the human mind (…) it succeeds in raising questions – gently, but relentlessly – about our prejudices and our readiness to judge, as individuals and through our institutions, from the media to the courts.” Lucy Mangnan for the Guardian
"How To Fix a Drug Scandal dissects in suspenseful yet compassionate fashion over the course of four hours, with first-person interviews from criminal defense lawyers who fought to secure release for clients convicted with faulty evidence, state prosecutors, journalists and members of Farak’s family." Adrian Horton for the Guardian
"With a clear eye for the bizarre twists, absurdities and horrors that shape a tabloid story, filmmaker Erin Lee Carr is concerned first and foremost with that story’s real-life characters. "Mommy Dead and Dearest" gathers many voices to explain how, in the case of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard’s ballyhooed bond, loving togetherness was in fact a sociopathic stranglehold." Sherri Lindin for the Hollywood Reporter.
