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This feels like a documentary about legal cases against TASER, not a documentary on the Taser.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Village Voice by Daphne Howland
Footage of the now-wealthy Smiths being deposed is damning, the brothers' legal jiujitsu is appalling, and the stories of deaths are heartbreaking.
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New York Magazine (Vulture) by David Edelstein
The documentary could hardly be more timely or essential.
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The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
If Berardini isn't very generous to the company's execs, shortchanging what is likely a genuine belief that they're doing good while making a ton of money, he does spend time with officers who, for a time, embraced the Taser eagerly.
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The New York Times by Nicolas Rapold
Mr. Berardini’s packed documentary makes its case early and often, perhaps too often, but it’s more chilling than your average issue film.
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Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
With the intensified focus on use of force in police departments, the unsettling documentary Killing Them Safely couldn't be timelier.