I live in Italy and followed this case closely from the very beginning. I thought I knew the case well, but the movie revealed details and sequences of events that I didn't remember.Now I am not at all surprised that on March 26, 2013, Italy's highest criminal court overturned the acquittal of Knox in the murder of her British roommate and ordered a new trial. A shame that Miss Knox will probably not be present in the courtroom, as she has returned to the States. I'm glad that I watched the movie. It was well done. I would recommend it to anyone who followed the case as closely as I did. It just reconfirmed what I already believed by adding even more detail. That is, whatever her role in the murder, she was there. yep.

This movie pretends to be a true story but there a 5 things in it that are not only false, they are things could get the screenplay writer sued for libel. To avoid making this a spoiler, I can't go into detail. right now this case is under appeal, and most people who know about the case expect her to be acquitted. What happened was the case that prosecutor Mignini presented was a work of fiction. The reasons why Amanda Knox was convicted are secret, therefore we may never know the true story this movie was based on. The trial scenes were shot inside a real Italian court room, so I guess a deal was made with the producer where we will let you use a courtroom if you agree to insert these 5 things into your movie, and don't ask questions about it. This is too bad because there were many people who appear to have put in a lot of hard work to make this a good movie, and it probably won't ever be shown again because of the controversy. I hope that can re-edit this movie and add some new footage, and turn it into a comedy.

Please, whatever you do, do not use this movie as a means of deciding whether Amanda Knox and Rafaelle Sollecito are guilty or innocent. There are major factual errors in this movie. This movie makes the claim that a store owner identified Amanda as someone who bought bleach the morning after the murder within days of the murder. This simply is not true. That store owner did not claim Amanda was at his store until 10 months later. And he only made the claim when he was paid for an interview. Furthermore, no other evidence was ever produced to support this claim.The movie also definitively portrays Rafaelle as not calling the 112 number until after the postal police are there. Again, that is not true. The investigators reached that decision based on the clock on a nearby parking garage that was established to be about 12 minutes off.This movie plays very fast and loose with the facts. View it as enjoyable lifetime movie fluff if you will, but DO NOT decide Amanda is guilty based on this movie.

Imagine that you are charged with a crime in a foreign country. You are denied a lawyer. You are denied a translator. You are not declared a suspect but you are interrogated as one. You are interrogated by a team of cops meant to break down mafia suspects. You barely speak Italian. You are denied access to your family. You are in shock and you want to help. Your interrogation is not recorded. You are declared a murderer. Your words, which were never recorded, are used against you. There is no tape, there is no video. The cops who declare you a murderer have a big reason to declare so: they said the case was closed. They declared it to the media. The prosecutor announced it to the world...before the murder scene was analyzed by a crime lab. They paraded you through the streets with sirens blaring flashing the victory sign. They posted your photo on the wall as a most wanted criminal next to the worst murderers and criminals known. One person who was charged will be found with an alibi (Lumumba). Two people (Amanda and Raffaele) only have each other as an alibi and their computers are burned so there is no trace of it. One person (Guede) left hair, finger prints, blood, and DNA at the crime scene but it has not been analyzed by a crime lab. No one has identified that sole person who left the evidence at the crime scene and no one seems to care. The case is declared closed. You are placed in solitary confinement and denied your right to a lawyer, contact with your family, or a translator, or to contact your embassy. Next thing you know, you are a witch, a pervert, you have cold eyes, you are without a soul, you are a mastermind criminal, you are the personification of evil, you are the controller of men that you don't know, you are a hater, you are a liar, you are a sex maniac. No one who knows you will corroborate these "facts". There will be no way for you to escape your conviction because those who want you convicted have all the power. They will hide the evidence which your defense lawyers could easily use to get you off. A movie will be made during your trial which will be used to convince people of your guilt. You are screwed and it was great entertainment.... You are an American citizen in a foreign country, you are a child of parents who want to help you. You have no hope because the case has been closed.