Elize Matsunaga: Es war einmal ein Mord

It's plain simple Netflix...if a man shot and mutilated his wife, you would NEVER show him as a victim, cause of course he is not.. and obviously, cause he is a men.. disgusting that your feminist ideology has come to this point that tries to justify a psycho who clearly is a master of manipulation.. Homicide will never ever justify choosing a bad partner in life ..

It is a bit of a cold crime at this point, this would have benefited from earlier release. It is also a case without a lot of mystery, everyone knows what happens (the doc also tells you in 10 minutes). So, it has to be about how the story is told, how much inside information the show can bring.

As most of the Netflix series, this is longer than it should. Episodes are not that dense. But it's still within "OK". The main merit I found - and this is not to be taken for granted in crime series - is how it manages to involve absolutely everyone. Elize, the killer, obviously, now and then. Police sheriff who investigated. Victim's family. Elize's family. Prosecutor. Lawyers for the defense. Significant press members who were covering it at the time. Fomer school colleagues who had relations with the couple. You do get everyone's opinion and insights. Good editing in this aspect.

It shows victimization and lots of fingers pointed. If you hear the killer, there will be victimization, for granted. It is part of what will incluence viewer's opinion. Documentary lacks brilliance or new evidence. It is for those who followed the case then. If you are all new to it, lack perspective, it might look flat.

While the crime committed was interesting, the documentary focused on the wrong topics and was too slow. None of the investigators were interviewed and the focus instead lied on the mental state of the killer. Most interviews were of reporters and prosecutors giving their opinions. Not sure what the point of this documentary was.

This woman is pure evil, her husband cheated on her, boo hoo (get a divorce lady) she shoots him and cuts up his body. No remorse from her ever. She did the crime while her infant daughter was in the house. FYI, her husband she killed & dismembered, was a billionaire, she would have been a rich lady for life if she just divorced him. Her life was pampered & spoiled. Again no remorse while she prepares for possible release in near future. Her quote at end of film is that shooting her husband and dismembering him wasn't that bad of a crime. The reason it got so much publicity was because her husband was a billionaire! No its because a supposed nice lady shot and killed her husband then dismembered him all by herself. Her thoughts are to regain custody of her daughter who is cared for by paternal grandparents. Take your blinders off lady, they don't give custody to cold blooded killers You will really hate this woman after watching this trash show.

It's an interesting crime, but I found the direction very off putting, the focus always somehow seemed to be in the wrong area, we never seemed to get answers to any of the relevant questions.

I was interested to learn about some of Brazil's legal system, including the week out of Prison, that was fascinating.

Overall, I felt it was too long, they milked every single drop out of the story, it seemed never ending. If you're watching the English dubbed version as I did, do you agree that the voice overs all sound too cheerful?

Interesting story, slow production, 6/10.