Murder Among the Mormons
Season 1 Premiere:
Mar 3, 2021
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73
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6.9
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Mar 4, 2021
100
It's the whydunnit -- the mind-bending master plan exposed in the final episode -- that truly sets Murder Among the Mormons apart as one of the strangest and most compelling additions to the true crime genre.
Mar 2, 2021
88
Directors Jared Hess and Tyler Measom do a superb job of telling this incredible true story via a treasure trove of archival news footage, audio tapes and home videos; the occasional re-creation of events, and interviews with a host of historians, researchers, investigators, news reporters and other key figures.
Dec 3, 2021
80
Gripping, in-depth and respectful of the long-felt consequences of Hofmann’s crimes, Murder Among the Mormons is how you make a true crime documentary.
Mar 3, 2021
75
Hess and Measom don’t editorialize or otherwise insert themselves into the production, beyond posing a question that shakes one of the more ostentatious interviewees late in the series. Aside from one giddily quirky mid-series sequence, they also don’t bring much character to the format, which is surprising, given the directors’ previous work.
Mar 3, 2021
70
Murder Among The Mormons is a fascinating look at some of the inner workings of the Mormon Church, even if the filmmakers were more interested in the story around the document trade than the church itself.
Mar 3, 2021
50
A three-part series that is yet again a case of a solid movie, or maybe even a TV special, that has been pulled to three hours to meet a Netflix requirement. And what’s even more disappointing is that the extended runtime only leads to repetition instead of the intriguing questions this true story inspired and then leaves unasked about religion and blind faith.
Mar 2, 2021
50
Jared Hess (Yes, the Napoleon Dynamite director) and Tyler Measom's examination of the 1985 bombings in Salt Lake City tackles a pretty great story — one that mainstream audiences may not know at all — but never quite finds the tone or focus to properly tell it.
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Apr 26, 2021
7
If you know anything about Mormons beyond the LDS Church propaganda, you know Mormons are capable of some truly heinous stuff. They want to maintain a clean image, but at their core, they are culty con-men who believe their own scam. The story of this doc carefully tiptoes around the Church of LDS and places all the blame on one man who definitely went too far. But the thing is, Mark Hofmann and Joseph Smith did the same thing, the only difference is, Joseph Smith had his followers do his dirty work and Hofmann made a ****ing pipe bomb. The doc is well made and entertaining. Check it out.
Mar 28, 2021
7
Short and sweet. Only 3 episodes in the now-familiar documentary style of old footage and modern talking head interviews. The Mormons are the nicest people on the planet bar none but even among them there exist bad people and here we get to see that. A fascinating story though it tells us nothing really about Mormons, their beliefs, or culture. I especially enjoyed Mr Flynn, whose voice though affected by age or ailment was perfect for this presentation. Good show.
