"Allen v. Farrow" Episode One (TV Episode 2021) Poster

(TV Mini Series)

(2021)

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It's impossible for me to rate this...
AlsExGal23 February 2021
Warning: Spoilers
... because even though it is just the first installment it doesn't really delve into many important questions. Why did Mia Farrow find it necessary to hoard children? What about Woody paying child support for Ronan when Mia has claimed he is Frank Sinatra's biological child? Did she say that just to hurt Woody, since Frank's wife has said that at the time of Ronan's conception Frank was bedridden and constantly attended by nurses and physicians? I can't give Mia points for wielding her own child - Ronan - as a weapon. For sure, Dylan believes that something bad happened to her. Is she remembering what happened or what she was told happened or a combination of the two? Moses has recanted the bad things he said about his dad. I don't think that was mentioned.

On the other side - It was pretty creepy for Woody to cheat on Mia with her own daughter, one that he had known since she was a child and he had been a pseudo parental figure to. I say that as a person with four stepchildren who has never been in a true parental role - their mother is alive and well. So I know what it is like to be "pseudo parental". Woody has lived on the Upper East Side for decades. Living in that kind of bubble makes people weird, but then his weirdness is why he was such a good storyteller. Mia was raised in Hollywood in her own kind of bubble - daughter of a famous actress mother and famous director father.

On the whole this is not good two sided investigative journalism. My heart goes out to the Previn/Farrow kids. It appears they were raised by narcissists.
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10/10
Finally! The Other Side of the Story
rfrosati28 February 2021
All we ever heard was Woody Allen and his hypocritical drones tell us his version. This is wonderfully done and tells of a very flawed man that nobody wanted to acknowledge. This is another Bill Cosby, Penn State, Michael Jackson and Harvey Weinstein story that none of the elite drones want to believe. Thank you for having the courage to do and release this.
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10/10
A must watch
wotiluv29 December 2021
For years Woddy Allen ran smear campaigns against Mia Farrow all the while lying in courts and rigging investigations about his molestation of Mia's daughter Dylan. This documentary based on investigations by journalists reveals so many truths that went unreported to the public. It also reveals so much about the filmmaker and how so much evidence about his dark side lies in his own films. Tastefully done and worth the three parts.
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Finally her view
BooksAreSuperior23 February 2021
For years Woody Allen sealed himself off from the accusations through smear campaigns, massive PR, loyalists in the industry, a devoted fan base and by simply ignoring the problem(s) he caused. Now finally two journalists have taken an independent look at the evidence, viewed court documents, talked to witnesses and of course to the family. The picture that results from that effort (it took three years) is probably the most complete one that was ever drawn. One side of that tragedy participated, the other didn't (although both where approached pretty much from the beginning of the project). The result is harrowing. Could it have been more nuanced? Sure. But with the lack of participation of a party, what are you going to do? Draw back to archived material. This is mixed in with new interviews of witnesses, experts and the family as well as analysis of proceedings on and of paper. Although this first episode already a pretty sweeping blow, there are 3 more episodes to come. I am looking forward to those anxiously, wondering what other stomach-turning revelations will be there (for me, since I didn't know that much about it so far).
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