Best movie of this year hands down!

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

First off, my condolences to the families of everyone who was involved in this crime. Second, this is the true crime story of a little girl whose mother had Munchausen syndrome by proxy (and probably some other stuff) and so the little girl orchestrates the death of her mom. The systematic abuse this kid faced is so bad words cannot describe what she went through. This film reminds us that Lady Justice wears a blindfold and holds scales for a good reason. I truly hope that everyone who survived this ordeal can get some help.

I feel so bad for Gypsy! I do not understand how she slipped through so many cracks! How could these idiot doctors do these treatments and surgeries on this child without seeing the medical evidence; making them necessary! I just don't get it! I am more angry at the doctor that said she was a victim of Munchausen by proxy but did not do his duty, as far as, getting her away from her mother immediately!She suffered 20 years of abuse and imprisonment! I totally agree with her grandmother! She paid in advance for this crime and should be set free. I believe that if this was taken to trial, she would be free. I wish her nothing but the best for the rest of her life. Maybe by some miracle, Dr. Phil can help her start living sooner than later. The lawyers, the prosecutors, and the judge are complete morons in this case! Hasn't she suffered enough!?Yes, she did take part in murdering her mother! But a better turn of events would have been the doctor protecting her while her mother rotted in prison! Because EVERYONE failed this child, she really had no other way out! God bless you Gypsy!

Documentaries, when done well, are like great theater. Count "Mommy Dead and Dearest" among one of the best ever made. It also doesn't hurt that the filmmakers have an unbelievable fascinating story to work with."Gypsy Rose" sounds like a name for the title character in some form of art. But the story of her life is a tale best left for nightmares.Just when you think that there is nothing else that could horrify or surprise you, along comes a story that turns that on its head.It is going to take me a lifetime to forget what I just watched. I also now have a new added skepticism of or society, legal and justice system- all of which dropped the ball here.Sometimes the worse solution may end up being the only solution.

Much closer to something you'd see on a late-night "investigation" type show, and only worth HALF the time spent on this very weak documentary. Because there isn't a lot to work with, you hear most of the story in the beginning, and the rest is just explaining only mildly interesting details. After a while, it became frustrating, waiting for it to take a new twist or turn, but it never did. There was some shoddy, low- integrity, journalism too. The Buzzfeed reporter, who, for some reason is given a lot of time to tell us her opinions, over and over, makes a point about how the girl was ambivalent, as if that should hold ANY weight as far as the law is concerned (being general to keep from spoiling anything, but there's not much to spoil). Not worth the time. Much better stuff out there.