Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011)

The problem I have with this movie is that the story is entirely one sided, presenting only the view of the prosecutor's team.And anyone over the age of 2 should know that there's always at least two sides to a story. It leaves me with the feeling that this was a rush job, more geared to capitalize on the immediate media frenzy to capture audience, than to present the truth; and that is very indefensible, as this film deals with a true story, not a fictional Hollywood script.For the love of God, didn't the producers of this film know that the victim as well as the accused were/are real people, some fighting for their very lives? Shouldn't they at least have tried to get a rounded version of the story down? Instead, they simple took the story provided by a man (Mignini) that has been proved since to be more than a little bit unhinged.It's a lot easier to get audience with story of sex, demonic rituals, violence and death, than it is with one of questionable law enforcement and plain lunatic characters.For shame....Art

Just to point out that I'm not a movie critic, and this is my first review. The job done on this piece, considering it's a LifeTime movie was not that bad. I mean it was meant for TV, not hitting the theaters, and there were not multi-million dollar deals behind it to make it happen. I've always felt, for example with books turned into movies, that they always leave the most important information out. It's so hard to grasp it all and portray it in less than 2hrs (which is, what I think, the average movie's length is). This movie did an OK job, but everything was so rushed. The trial was very rushed, and while at the time of production/recording everything was still 'in the air', there was nothing SET. The movie goes back and forth, and there is so much inconsistency. Also, I'm not sure what side was the movie on or whether it was intended for the viewer to decide. All of the facts that were given the "appropriate" time pointed the finger at Amanda. I got the feeling that she was guilty.HIV tests, sex, drugs, multiple sexual partners, moving in with Rafaelle (whatever). I know, this is not a documentary, and it was just based on a true story, and did not follow everything that happened exactly as it did, or did it? I just think that it was like a terrible essay, where you argue both points but don't choose your own, and don't have supporting information to back up your point. I did not even get the vibe that some people did about Italians being evil. I just happened to find out about this whole case about a week or two ago, therefore I have not been following. I was recommended to watch this movie to fill me in, but I think it does a very poor job on giving you the details because there aren't ANY. :-/.It was a big mumble jumble of nothingness, very moving with great performances but terrible script.

Of all "true stories" I've ever seen, this is by far the worst ever, this film is beyond belief, how come the research is so poor and superficial ?This film fails at being true,it's inconsistent and poorly researched, if you know something about Mario Spezi and Amanda Knox, then you also know that Giuliano Mignini lacks all ability for common sense and can never seem to provide ANY UNALTERED evidence.I came across this Amanda's case while reading a book called " the monster of Florence" an amazing chronicle of mediocrity and corruption during one of the most well know cases of serial murders in Italy.Giuliano Magnini, the prosecutor fabricated evidence, played with it, invented a orgy/drugs/sex/blood sect, (sound familiar?) sent a respected reporter to jail, tapped phones.... was even given a conviction and jail time ... and guess what, due to the system in Italy he can still be a prosecutor and worst, can do the same all over again !He landed Amanda's case and with it is trying to create a smoke curtain to erase his past, how unfortunate this young lady was, to fall victim to this monster, to get a mentally unstable man as her prosecutor, a man that will do and lie shamelessly to make his point, a man that even refused to accept other man's innocence because it contradicted his case.The real criminal is Giuliano Mignini, a monster that in the USA will be locked for life for what he has done, yes ... he is the one prosecuting Amanda.Do yourselves a favor, if you like true crime, read The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston and Mario SpeziEDIT : - Well, we all know better now, Amanda is free, a mistake of the justice system in Italy, admitted by them, the evidence was all fabricated or non existing, no DNA just a crazy prosecutor and a lot of crazy people around him. This films hould be removed, burned and re made.

Amanda is that sweet Seattle girl going off to Italy for a year's study there. She is an honor student and as she accused of murdering her room-mate, we learn that she is quite a character-boozy, joint smoking and in with all the crazy guys in various sex romps. This is a little too much to take as we are not prepared for the transformation we are hearing.Her ultimate conviction makes us forget that this is also the story of the media and the differences in the laws of a foreign country. It's almost as if you do a crime, make sure it's in your own home country. Too many guys with too many murder suspects mars this film.