This is an excellent series. Sadly these things still happen today in places where it will never be publicized.
I cried all over again watching this!!!!! Amazing but such a tragic story
One of the best series ever made, such a tragic story.
This is America!
This is America!
I had a bad time watching the show. It felt so real it scared me.
Literally cried throughout the series
The most heartbreaking and powerful TV serie I've ever watched :100:
I've never cried as much watching a movie/ serie
Brilliant casting ; tragic story
The real 5 deserves the World after all they been through :(
I don't have any words, but... absolutely amazing.
What a touching story. It deserve to be seen and heard.
Excellent work by the actors, especially Jharrel, chapter four brought me to tears.
Thanks to Ava for bring us such an incredible production, I really enjoyed it.
My best wishes to The Exonerated 5, WE SEE YOU.
A really hard and emotional watch at times. God bless the five men who were wrongly convicted by a corrupt justice system.
Great mini series to watch, especially if you didn't know much about the story of the central park five. First two episodes are them as children, last two are as adults. I'll be honest the time jump was a little confusing but it makes sense once you get used to it.
American law enforcement and American justice is just so despicable. Honestly I don’t know how it became touted the greatest country in the world.
What an awful feeling i felt each episode
Brilliant and sad. The justice system fails so often it’s scary and tragic.
Unbelievable what happened to the five men. Absolute injustice.
Great cinema, coming to terms with the biggest judicial scandal in New York to date.
Excellent acting and a symbol of the still pointless police violence against the black population as well as the completely broken justice system of America.
this is one of those stories which should better never be written, we can probably only guess how terrible and hard this road was, this level of injustice must never happen again - black lives matter
This is an important series. It is also heartbreaking and, hopefully, can serve as a bridge of understanding as to how circumstance and perspective can pervert justice. The writing is superb. The passion behind the project was indomitable. The performances are masterful. The impact is raw and transformational. I give this series a 9 (superb) out of 10, and encourage everyone to see it. [Historical Reconstruction of a Crime]. Also take advantage of the Ophra Special Which interviews of the people of the production but also the five men at the centre of the piece. Available on Netflix.
Everyone needs to watch this. It is hard to believe this happened and continues to happen (not only to people of color but as a person of color I know how people can look at you like you are up to no good).
The stories of these men need to be heard. Heartbreaking, truly, portrayed by some incredible young actors! Watch this!
The original story is stuff of nightmare, and you have to root for those poor fellows. The series looks good, and is well acted, special mention to Jahrrel Jerome who plays Korey Wise. However, 3 things: 1.how many "woke" series/movies can Wokeflix make before we all say it's too much? 2.The first episode is very heavy-handed, with "White police baaaad" and even some useless, but welcome for some I am sure Trump-bashing. 3.The actual storytelling is quite confused in episodes 2 and 3. The final episode is strong with emotional ending. In the end, a good moment if you don't think too much about politics, but could have been better.
the justice system isn't shit. it's sad that we have plen6of stories like this. SMH
Review by emilyBlockedParent2019-08-17T00:53:11Z
Oh boy, where do I start? This has got to be one of the most powerful, chilling, life-altering series I have ever seen.
Being an American History major, I've studied the case in class and when I heard about When They See Us coming out I was very happy that their stories were being told on a mainstream platform but anxious as to whether it would be well-executed. I have to say every single person involved has done an incredible job. Ava DuVernay (creator, director & co-writer) deserves numerous awards, I can't fault this show at all. If you watch the aftershow with Oprah Winfrey (also on Netflix), you'll see how committed DuVernay was to this series and how much it meant to her that the exonerated five had their stories told well. As far as the acting goes, every person on screen is unreal - the kids, especially, were so good that I'll probably watch everything else they will ever star in. Asante Blackk as young Kevin blew my mind as did Caleel Harris as young Antron. Jharrel Jerome as both young and old Korey deserves dozens of awards for this role. Family members played by Michael K. Williams, Niecy Nash and Marsha Blake give chilling performances also and deserve recognition.
I enjoyed watching how the stories played out and found myself intrigued how it would all unfold despite knowing the end outcome. I really liked that they dedicated the whole of the last episode to Korey's story since his experience was so different. The series should also be commended for its accuracy. For instance, the recreation of the tapes: from what the boys were wearing to the pepsi can on the table next to Korey. Also, I am really happy that they covered Trump's involvement in the case - I thought this might be removed or disregarded in the narrative with him being in the WH. I can imagine if some are unaware of the case prior to this series, they would see this as purely political. Whereas, in reality Trump's involvement was huge - his $85,000 ad calling for the death penalty for the 5 really set off and intensified society's belief that they deserved severe punishment for the crime as well as stirring up the fear of savage, "wilding" black boys.
Without a doubt, this series is an extremely hard watch. I watched it alongside my girlfriend (a black American who's all too aware of these situations) and she wanted to stop watching after the first ep because it angered her so much. The situation that these boys were in was so heartbreaking and watching it unfold makes you angry, sad, frustrated - and for me, want to prevent any injustice ever happening again in America - but you need to watch it even if it makes you uncomfortable. After this series, you will want to fight the justice system yourself because these boys were subjected to extreme cruelty from the police and will never get those years back. The five men appear on the aftershow and it is clearly visible how broken some of them still are - Kevin talks about refusing therapy and simply keeping busy - it is evident the way he talks about life just how broken he is + the whole cast breaks down.
I haven't seen a huge amount of promo from Netflix on this so PLEASE watch this show immediately; it is a hard watch but it is ESSENTIAL viewing for every American.