I watched it because my partner is in it as an extra (strange to see him with so much hair), anyway I enjoyed it. With the dead girl narrating I was reminded of The Lovely Bones but I don't think it will haunt me like LB does. Nice treatment of the story and not trying to be all 70s flashback. It's a treat for Aucklanders to see their hometown in a movie, peopled by Americans. Good job Carmen(?)from Shortland Street for the very convincing accent. Although the man with a past turns up in a small town and overcomes local hostility to solve a crime with the help of wizened ex cop and hard working sidekick is old, it's apparently true, which makes you all the more sad when considering the crime. Sad, yet not distressing, therefore likable. I will probably watch it again to point out my partner's hair to friends and relatives.

This is Lifetime Channel Schlock, and frankly, it would be as forgettable as most of the genre, if it weren't for Christopher Meloni.Meloni plays Mark Fuhrman of O.J. Simpson fame. He's believable in the role and much more likable than the real life Fuhrman. (who was, after all, a racist perjurer). I think the movie shows how Fuhrman's actions in the Simpson case went before him (A scene with an African American secretary and her disgust was particularly good), but it never really explores that background. Was he really a racist? Or was he just caught in a bad situation. Of course, Meloni is so likable you kind of don't care.For the murder itself, the problem is, you only see it in flashback, and you never meet the suspects- the Skakel Brothers- in real time, as middle aged men who've aged since then.

too bad they showed palm trees that could not be more inaccurate for Connecticut in October ... this was filmed in New Zealand ...This Martha Moxley case had been 'cold' for 20-25 years ... her family worked hard to keep it alive and when Mark Fuhrman decided he did not want to be remembered only for his involvement in the Nicole Simpson case .... which could have been deleterious to his reputation (if it already hadn't)... Anyway, he followed along as the police tried to get enough information to write a book. ... with the use of flashbacks we can see the relationships Martha formed .... Unattended boys coming of age without a mother around to help and a dad who was always looped ...Plus the fact that they portray the real Martha as if she were a movie star... she was a cute sweet girl next door type. Other than that, the other characters were really great, especially Jon Foster and Toby Moore, who played as Michael Skakel and Tommy Skakel respectively. They were good as well, the costumers had to keep it all in the 70s look and back up to the 90s ....It kept my interest even when I caught on about the Skakel guy ....

Martha Moxley, the fifteen-year-old daughter of a wealthy Connecticut woman, was found clubbed to death near her home in October of 1975. The case received national attention because one of Moxley's neighbors was the Skakel family, related to Ethel Kennedy. Indeed, Martha was a friend of two of the Skakel boys: Tommy and Michael. For over twenty years Moxley's murder went unsolved.Enter Mark Fuhrman, the infamous L.A. cop who figured heavily in the O.J. Simpson trial. In the late 1990s, Fuhrman set out to investigate this unsolved murder, for the purpose of writing a book, considered by some to be a troubling motive. The result of Fuhrman's efforts, in addition to the publication of his book, was the indictment and conviction of a suspect in the Moxley case, some 25 years after the killing.With flashbacks to 1975, "Murder In Greenwich" tells the story of this well-known case, from the POV of Fuhrman. The plot is clear, concise, and easy to follow. Martha Moxley's "ghost" (Maggie Grace) narrates part of the story, a plot device I happened not to care for. The film implies both a cover-up and botched police work in the original 1975 investigation. A big part of Fuhrman's efforts centers on re-establishing the time of death. Fuhrman, himself, comes across in the film as irritating, arrogant, and an opportunist.The most interesting thing about this film is that the story is real. It is not fictional. Real-life incidents usually, though not always, make for engaging viewing. The film has excellent color cinematography, and the production values are high. Acting is quite good, especially the performance of Liddy Holloway, as Martha's mother.I make no judgments one way or the other about Fuhrman's personal reasons for his work on this case. The movie itself I found to be well-made, except for scenes showing palm trees in Connecticut. The story was interesting, easy to follow, and had an outcome I had previously been unaware of.