Embellishments took away from the story, and are a slap in the face to the real victims and their families.
The story of the Happy Face Killer was interesting enough without making up some BS.
While I know that most movies based on true stories embellish, I found watching the fictional side story and subsequent "investigation" distracting and I watched only 3 episodes before I just had had enough.
Merging characters and events for time constraints or to try to provide clarity I can understand, but making up the side quest out of whole cloth really detracted from the show, and really felt quite exploitative.
I'm pretty offended on behalf of the real victims and their families; this smacks of totally tone-deaf cashgrab.
While I know that most movies based on true stories embellish, I found watching the fictional side story and subsequent "investigation" distracting and I watched only 3 episodes before I just had had enough.
Merging characters and events for time constraints or to try to provide clarity I can understand, but making up the side quest out of whole cloth really detracted from the show, and really felt quite exploitative.
I'm pretty offended on behalf of the real victims and their families; this smacks of totally tone-deaf cashgrab.
- hopesprings810
- 26 apr 2025