Soaked in Bleach
Soaked in Bleach
| 09 June 2015 (USA)
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Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.

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Jason Pfaff

A seamless documentary that really should have been a Oscar contender. The film clearly shows there is enough evidence to reopen the investigation into Cobain's death, and I'm betting there is more evidence that wasn't accounted for here. The fact is, over twenty years later, this is still a hot topic that doesn't seem to be going away any time soon, so why not reopen the damn case? I heard this film was one of the most obstructed in history- in other words, people we're trying really hard to prevent this film from being seen, that in itself is enough reason to watch it. Benjamin Statler surely has a bright future ahead in the world of filmmaking and I can't wait to see his next film.

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irisrainchild

Absolutely shocked at the contents of this film. (contains spoilers)The "cadaveric spasm" was never mentioned in the SPD reports like Tom Grant claims. The fingerprints were not legible, this does not mean that the gun was wiped down. There were seven prints analyzed, but they were not clear enough to be lifted. If there was no skin oil, partial prints, and smudges from his skin then that would be red flag. But that is not the case.Janis J Parker examined the actual suicide note for two weeks after Cobain's body was found. She confirmed that it was written entirely by Cobain's hand. Handwriting experts have questioned the suicide note, but have not been able to come to a firm conclusion because they were not examining the actual note. Some of these handwriting experts (examining the copy) did say it was entirely written by Cobain, none of them have concluded that it was not.The credit card was delayed. The officers that Tom Grant questioned about the questionable activity on the card after Cobain was found talked to the Seafirst bank, whom said that the credit card was delayed. Tom Grant was not happy with the statement, and still ignores it to this day. If you look at the top line of the credit card log provided by Grant - the first line reads "4/2/94 / $478.00 / DELTA AIR" this is proof that the credit card was indeed delayed because Cobain bought the plane ticket on April 1, not April 2. The toxicology results that Tom Grant mentions in the film - cannot actually be the true toxicology results. The toxicology reports were to be released to the Cobain family three weeks after Cobain's body was found, as a police officer stated to the media that day. The newspaper (that Tom Grant is trusting) released the "results" of the toxicology reports just SEVEN DAYS later, from an "anonymous source". This is impossible since toxicology results are usually known after 4-6 weeks, because it is an extremely thorough process that must be done extremely precisely. Tom Grant is trusting an unreliable source.Even if these toxicology reports were correct, Cobain would have still been unable to overdose - or be incapacitated. The lethal dose for opiate NAIVE individual is 75 - 600 mg, an opiate naives individual is someone that has a lack of experience with opiates and heroin. There have been several legal cases and studies in which heroin addicts have tolerated more than 1800 mg of heroin, and not even felt sick. Average daily dose for a heroin addict is 491 mg. Kurt Cobain had 225 mg in his system.As you can see, Tom Grant's logic is absolutely flawed. I am disgusted with this movie and it's claims.

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banghi

Sad that folks are buying this mass of lies. Near the beginning Tom makes a point that Courtney called him 5 days prior on Easter Sunday. He made a deal about his working on Sunday. Kurt passed the week prior, Easter was the day of the memorial service at the Seattle Center. Thousands of us came out that afternoon to mourn together. I will never forget that day and think of it every Easter.Nothing this man says in the film is credible.Think critically and do not buy into the obvious falsehoods. Do your own research, find the answers on your own, but please do not take this film at face value.Honor Kurts memory, but know this film is just a bunch of lies.

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leonblackwood

Review: This is yet another documentary which proves that Kurt Cobains so-called suicide, wasn't as straight forward as it seemed. The difference with this documentary is that the investigator who was hired by Courtney Love is telling his story about the events that led to the finding of Kurt Cobains body in 1994. I must admit, after hearing all of the evidence from the hired PI, Tom Grant, it really does sound like he was murdered but it's been over 20 years since they found his body so I doubt that the case will see the light of day. The amount of heroin that was found in his body was shocking and the placing of the shotgun shell was extremely suspect. Also, Courtney Love's actions before his death was questionable and the fact that Kurt planned to divorce Courtney, gave her a motif but everyone believed her story, even though the PI had evidence about the suicide note being tampered with. The sad thing about the whole conspiracy is that 68 people have committed suicide to copy Kurt Cobains death so if all of the information isn't true, they would have died in vain. Anyway, this is a well put together documentary which will definitely have people questioning his death and I liked the fact the they used the real recordings of the conversations between the PI and Courtney Love. I just hope that they release all of the evidence, including the photographs and an examination of the death note, because they need to put all of these conspiracy theories to bed. Watchable!Round-Up: I must admit, I was a bit of a Nirvana fan after I heard there smash hit, Smells Like Teen Spirit, so Kurt Cobains death did hit me a bit. I wasn't into the whole Nirvana, grunge movement but I did enjoy there music and no one has been able to touch there sound since then. For a three piece band, they certainly made there presence known and I must be honest, I didn't know what Kurt Cobain was saying half of the time but I couldn't help making up my own words whilst singing along to there tunes. Anyway, if your not into there music, this documentary is still worth a watch because the whole case definitely isn't as straight forward as it seems.I recommend this movie to people who are into their documentary/crime/drama movies about the death of Kurt Cobain. 6/10

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