re: Dear Zachary is on Amazon Prime

It was ok. I would recommend “My Brother Jordan”
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Just Melvin, just evil was another amazing one.

To hell with Canada

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As infuriating as it is, I at least found it incredible/encouraging there are people like David and Kathleen Bagby out there

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Amen to that. Not to spin this as a negative, but my wife and I discussed what % of the latest generations are as intellectually and emotionally sturdy enough to handle what they did in a comparable way. I’d say the number is abysmal

Fantastic and haunting doc. Thanks to OP

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Just Melvin, just evil

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Talk about someone who needed a one way ticket to the airport with my Dad to pick him up.

He was a total POS

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That scream still haunts me.

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1st and only reason I will need to never watch this documentary again.

I have always put this film off because everyone says that its so sad, and maddening. Gonna watch it this weekend.

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ou almost act like this hasn't happened to you. ????

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It did not, thankfully. I was well aware of the subject matter and put off watching it for years until I was in a proper headspace to digest it. Thank God I didn't have kids yet when I watched it.

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I have always put this film off because everyone says that its so sad, and maddening

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It is rough at times. But it’s not like it’s unwatchable or anything.

And I’ve always thought that despite the bad shite, it’s actually also a pretty uplifting story about the parents and their efforts.

I saw this recommended a couple times here and a few other places.

One night my son just would not sleep. He has always been a great sleeper but he just wouldn't go down. He was around a year old at the time. I plop on the couch with him and throw this on thinking "oh this is a sweet story about a dad dying and his friend making sure his son knows his dad loved him." Figured the twist or whatever would be about his dad getting murdered or something.

When he finally fell asleep I watched the last 15-20 minutes, put him in his crib, and slept on the floor next to him.

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It is rough at times. But it’s not like it’s unwatchable or anything.

And I’ve always thought that despite the bad shite, it’s actually also a pretty uplifting story about the parents and their efforts.

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I finally watched it last night. Heartbreaking ,and infuriating. Andrew and his friends, and family seemed like such good, solid people. I agree with you that it was a nice tribute to him and his parents, and who they are/were and what they went through.

The Canadian justice system is so fricked. I had that opinion before watching this doc, and I know that this was over 2 decades ago, but this doc only re-enforced that opinion. I'm pretty confident that it is still a mess up there.

My mouth dropped when the showed that the judge was helping this crazy evil bitch through the trial, and tried to give absolutely ridiculous reasoning as to why she should be able to get out on bail. wtf

You could pretty much seeing where the story was heading, but it didn't make the last 20-30 minutes any easier really. I can't imagine the sorrow, despair, and hopelessness his parents (and other family and friends) must have experienced throughout all of this. I hope they have been able to find at least an inkling of peace somehow. I hope Shirley is suffering in hell.