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This is basically fiction. They made these boys look like martyrs. Fact is they didn't do actual penetration **** but they did hold the jogger down while she was being ****. One of the boys dry humped her and ejaculated in his pants. Horrible people that Duvernay fictionalized for the purpose or trying to make Trump look bad. All should be in jail not praised. Try to find some real content on this subject and most has been erased from Google. If you like fiction watch it. It's garbage propaganda. 0 stars

A MUST watch tv show .. captivating , educative , suspense drama .

Heartbreaking. Can't believe something like this happened. And the show really made me feel their anguish.

Emotional from beginning to end, a must-watch and heartbreaking production.

Outstanding, wrenching and necessary. State-of-grace miniseries. Ava DuVernay's must see for every f*cking human being on this rotten planet. Lots of tears, but also lots of hope.

Honest-Yan is off base. To this day, even after the boys were exonerated and the show was out, Trump has doubled down on his statements. He is not now "clearly unaware that the five boys were later to be found innocent." This show is a really hard watch, but the casting is great and the performances are powerful.

This is a dramatized and fictionalized account of five cases of false imprisonment. It is harrowing and unpleasant to watch. As a drama and a piece of fiction, it is quite well made. What made me uncomfortable was the shoehorning in of references to Donald Trump, who was clearly unaware that the five boys were to be later found innocent of the crimes they had confessed to. In response to a violent crime epidemic Trump called for harsher sentencing, the death penalty, and more police. Although I do not agree with the death penalty, this seems like a Trump was reflecting the views of many fearful Americans wanting to help to stop the epidemic of terrible crimes striking New York such as this brutal **** in a public park. This TV show should not be about Donald Trump. The problem with this TV show is that it has a clear political agenda that guides its loose relationship with real life events. The actors did a fine job of portraying themselves as the most sheltered and innocently naive children ever to be allowed to walk freely in one of the most dangerous **** and murder capitals of the world. Personally I wish they were portrayed more realistically as most teenagers from all walks of life are more rebellious than the children depicted in this show. Having watched the four episodes, I am left believing that many African Americans have, in the past, been treated unfairly by the legal system and the police, but I already thought that. I also feel like I need to research what really happened, because it is clear that this TV show is more interested in influencing future elections and spinning socio-political myths than exploring any kind of truth. This insincerity undermines the TV show's whole endeavor.

Brilliantly done. It is hard hitting and gut wrenching as you follow the horrific journey of these 5 boys. Shocking, emotional and something everybody should watch.

Incredible heart wrenching series that stays in your mind days after you have finished watching it. Hard to watch at times. A story of racism, and being Black in America and how these issues are still with us.

And it will happen time and time again... I have really nothing to say. Words can't make justice for the anger you experience while you're watching this. But I do have to say that this one of the best stuff Netflix has put out, ever and what terrific job from Ava DuVernay.

[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]

Really great TV show. It reconciled me with Netflix. Well done. I enjoyed the show from the beginning until the end. Very well captured true story.