Goodnight, Sugar Babe: The Killing of Vera Jo Reigle

2013
6.1| 1h27m| NR| en| More Info
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The discovery of the mutilated body of a mentally challenged young mother begins a journey into madness that is so unbelievable the mastermind behind the crime ultimately got away with murder. Revealing for the first time how and why it happened filmmaker J. David Miles ventures into the insane mind of a small town crime family's matriarch and uncovers a conspiracy that continues to elude law enforcement to this very day. By going straight to the murderers themselves for interviews it is a true crime investigation like you have never seen, unveiling an alternate motive to what was presented in the courtroom that is as bizarre as it is heartbreaking.

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Goodnight, Sugar Babe: The Killing of Vera Jo Reigle Audience Reviews

Cubussoli Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Sarentrol Masterful Cinema
Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Hajimoto0625 OMG, where to start...If the intent of this film was to help tell Vera's story and bring justice for her, it failed miserably. Instead, it was content to sensationalize a contingent of vile, gross, disturbed, inbred people and their brutal, impoverished way of life. I actually felt like I had to bathe after watching this.My heart broke for Vera, and the little I learned about her. But the story was too haphazard to help me understand how she wound up in this predicament, and why her mother didn't do ANYTHING to get her out of it.One thing that I did learn from this film is that we, as a society, are much to willing to throw disability checks at people and then tuck them away in some backwoods place and forget about them.Oh, and one word to almost everyone in the film...'Dentist'.All in all, this documentary is creepy, but not in a good way. Pass it by on Amazon...
Deimos-remus True crime documentaries are fascinating to me, but there's a line that can be crossed when the documentary feels incredibly exploitative and clearly produced for shock value.Centering on a murder within a family plagued by incest and violence, rather than focusing more on the victim and the hard facts of the crime, the documentary instead chooses to focus on "Sugar Babe" Cheri Brooks and the circumstances revolving around her and her sadistic pleasures. While these circumstances are related to the case at hand, the film chooses to highlight these in a reveling way and the shocking nature of it all as 'gross-out' entertainment; to put the spotlight on just how messed up of a family the victim belonged to. While one can glean much sympathy for the victim of the crime regardless of the skill behind the filmmaking, the documentary's amateurish way of presenting the narrative felt, for lack of a better word, wrong, and its approach was frankly exploitative of mentally, socially and financially troubled individuals, many of which hadn't much relation to the events. A lack of professional commentary from other, more objective observers made it feel as though it was meant to be seen like some sort of twisted clown show. In essence, knowing the power documentary filmmaking can have in real cases such as these, and potentially change unfavorable outcomes, the filmmakers are doing a disservice to the case by presenting such an amateur production that doesn't do the locals or commentators any favors by how they're presented. A lack of structure makes the case very hard to piece together and follow, and by sensationalizing the grosser details of the case, makes it come across as disingenuous and made for the wrong reasons.
NeedAnswers It's unbelievable this is a true story. I'm astonished how disturbed this family was to the point where there is no remorse. It's wonderful this truth is out there for Vera since she wasn't strong enough to defend herself from this horrible family. These people represent the lowest common denominator of human life and the movie does a good job of getting the viewer to understand why they're as disturbed as they are. I hope there is further vindication for Vera. The silver lining is that her daughter gets to grow up away from these people.
msbuckeyefan We need to get this video out and help bring awareness to this crime and how it was left unpunished. Great job on the video. GOD BLESS those who took their time to bring such a horrific crimes awareness to the public. This is a must see video. We need to bring awareness of how the justice system has let this poor girl down and how the crimes have still gone unpunished. The way they schemed and plotted was not even hidden when asked. They openly admitted to the crimes and laugh because they knew they got away with all of this. This was done with much time and excellence! Wonderfully put together with much information. God Bless David J. Miles for a job well done.