Charlie Says

The Manson story has been told countless times before, but by placing a focus on the rehabilitation of his graduates, this offers more interest than it might otherwise have done. Great performances too, especially from Matt Smith who disappears into the role.

Let me start out by saying that this looks like a medium to create sympathy for the three women still in jail as they are repeatedly refused parole for their life sentences. Manipulated or not, these "girls" brutally murdered innocents in multiple locations and did it willingly. Yes, they were weak, like most of the hippie/boomer generation, were spoiled and wanted all the privileges without any of the responsibilities required of them by society.

This film pushes the touchie-feelie Liberalism that got us into the problems we now have in society. Weak-willed or not, these "harmless girls" viciously slaughtered multiple people and then were portrayed as brainwashed innocents who sweet-talked their guards, played nice-nice with any "outsider" yet had complete control over their actions. We are meant to believe that they had no choice to do what they did and were completely innocent of their malicious crimes. They "turned on, tuned in, dropped out" then looked for sympathy for their actions. This attempt to cancel out actual history for an emotional version of it made my stomach churn. Yes, I realize this film was directed at those who weren't even alive when the Manson Family committed their bloody rampage and most have very little to no actual knowledge of the violence they created in 1969. Nevertheless, this just seems like a way to soften the hearts of the parole board by creating sympathy with the general populace who never saw the brutal crime scene photos.

“We wanted to believe something big was going to happen”
- Leslie ‘Lulu’ Van Houten
Just couldn’t like the story. Not real sure the feelings it wanted. With that said I was impressed with some of the performances like Hannah Murry & Susie Bacon. They are the only reason for my 2 stars.
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It’s not fair for me to rate this, as I don’t like real life horror, it actually makes me feel ill.

It wasn’t my choice to watch it and actually fell asleep during it as I wasn’t watching out of choice.

Nor do I know a great deal about the Manson murders.

The little I did watch seemed to be done well, good acting etc. I liked the focus on the female members of his cult and it shown in another perception. How much of it is true I don’t know. I don’t know if the females were in away victims or not; they still committed horrendous crimes.

If you enjoy true life horror events, you’ll probably enjoy it, but it’s not for me.

So no ratings for me, nor is it in my lists.