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A Balasaur Score of 77 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 78/100. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent people. With each case, she came closer to developing a unified field theory of what makes a killer. Along the way - steering away from the conventional wisdom of her colleagues - she explored the world of multiple personality disorder.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic78/100
86 audience votes
Key crew
- Alex GibneyDirector
- Will BatesOriginal Music Composer
- Alex GibneyWriter
Cast
- Dorothy LewisSelf
- Laura DernLiterary Voice of Dorothy Lewis (voice)
- Eric LewisSelf - Dorothy's Son
- Gillian LewisSelf - Dorothy's Daughter
- Richard BurrSelf - Defense Attorney
- Bill HagmaierSelf - Former FBI Special Agent
- Park DietzSelf - Forensic Psychiatrist
- Catherine YeagerSelf - Clinical Psychologist
- Jonathan PincusSelf - Neurologist
- Diane SawyerSelf (archive footage)
- Bill O'ReillySelf (archive footage)
- Martin ScorseseSelf (archive footage)
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Themes
serial killermurdererpsychiatristdissociative identity disordertraumatized childdissociative identitiesdissociative amnesiadissociation
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