Netflix‘s new true crime film ‘Girl In The Picture’ has quickly climbed the charts in most countries of the world where Netflix is available. The film premiered on Netflix on July 6, and within the first few days itself, it has become the subject of huge chatter on social media. The reason for this is the harrowing premise at the centre of the true crime film.
On the face of it, Netflix’s ‘Girl In The Picture‘ is the story of a young woman’s mysterious death and the subsequent kidnapping of her young son. But as the story unfolds, it leads to the unravelling of a decades-old mystery that is shocking and horrifying beyond measure.
Netflix subscribers who watched ‘Girl In The Picture’ cannot get over the macabre nature of the film. It is such a difficult film to watch that many viewers are unable to watch it in a single sitting. ‘Girl In The Picture’ is enough to leave even the most hardened viewers traumatised. Yet, it is also one of the most compelling films on Netflix currently. It has scored a high 94% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes. It is the talk of the town on social media. But its “traumatising quotient” cannot be denied. More so, because it is a true crime film – yes, it is based on a real-life story that is beyond horrific to comprehend.
Comments from Netflix subscribers who’ve watched ‘Girl In The Picture’ give us a fair indication of the traumatising nature of the film. One Twitter user wrote, “Girl In The Picture on Netflix is absolutely one of the most horrific, sickening, frightening things I’ve watched. I’m at a loss for words”.
Another said, “I had a hard time sleeping after watching it. My heart just cannot. So many people failed her. took me 3 days to watch this. I needed time to process how sick this was”.
Yet another viewer commented on Twitter, “Just finished Girl In The Picture and I’ve said WTF no less than 26 times…”.
Another said, “I’ve watched many messed up crime documentaries yet “Girl in the Picture” on Netflix managed to keep me shocked and horrified throughout.”
A couple of viewers had this to say about ‘Girl In The Picture’ – “That was an emotional, powerful, gut-wrenching watch. Netflix’s Girl in the Picture is one of the most devastating true crime cases I’ve ever heard.”
Another comment reads, “Girl In The Picture on Netflix is actually one of the most horrifying things i’ve ever seen, like every time I thought it couldn’t get any worse…it did”.
The above comments are enough to tell us that ‘Girl In The Picture’ is indeed a horrifying, traumatising watch. But a must-watch it is!
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