Even though the crime was committed the way this documentary was contrived and scripted (as I'm certain it was) just makes the whole interaction between the artist and the thief seem completely unbelievable to me.
I also feel like there a too many holes in the story that just make no sense at all to me. I won't go into all of them, though there are many (for example the order in which the picture of the crashed car was shown early on before the actual crash even supposedly happened to the perfect condition the thief seemed to be in in the hospital bed after the crash without a single scratch on him).
I love a true story of forgiveness and redemption, but for me this definitely would not be an Oscar contending documentary.
Review of The Painter and the Thief
The Painter and the Thief
(2020)
Not documented in a believable manner
23 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers