The Jinx is a slow-paced but absorbing documentary that lures the viewer in and maintains that grip to the very end. It reflects on the US judicial system and affluent US society at a wider level through its gentle yet intrusive interviews with a New York misfit from a wealthy Manhattan property family regarding the disappearance in 1982 of the man's wife; as well as detailed interviews with her friends and family. The story continues to unravel from there & is told (somewhat) in reverse. The undertones of psychopathy and consequence against a backdrop of affluence are only hinted at in the series. This documentary should be watched by every US citizen.

Firstly, I do not understand why the likes of Amazon Prime have not picked this up as a feature, maybe the release date technically prohibits this, but with Netflix garnering so much attention from 'Making a Murderer', this would be the ideal documentary to blow that out of the water....And it does!All views are of my own opinion, just to be clear! I enjoyed Making a Murderer, I thought it was well thought out, maybe sometimes a bit too scripted in terms of 'cliffhangers', but overall it gave insight into what some feel is a miscarriage of justice, and others feel is well overdue, for a possibly sadistic murderer/s. For what is a true documentary, however, or should i say but, it was based on circumspect, it was based on fallible evidence and differences of individual opinions, and ultimately, whilst the cold hard facts were there, there were also reasons, excuses, possibilities etc that could explain them. In fact the focus was very much, have the cops done wrong, or did they do right?!The Jinx is not in that realm, in fact it is far above it, and the only reason for this is, they took the case to the heart of the issue....The 'possible' killer. Though woaaahh, they don't just stump up outside his home and ask him, they use the best possible style and technique, they ask questions, they probe his thoughts, his emotions, his feelings, and they ask the difficult questions, in a way only a late night talk show host could hope to do! This is a documentary of cat and mouse proportions. You will see reviews about the accused, and his interview techniques, each has their own opinion, my only opinion on this was what an insight into a sociopath and possible murderer...If not true serial killer. It is rare to get an insight into such an individual person, yet I would hazard a guess that if Phil Spector was to face similar scrutiny, we would experience a similar documentary!This is what your CSI, Law and Order, Criminal Minds etc, interrogations are about, except they don't shout and demand and have it done within 10 mins, they simply ask with subtlety and let the 'subject' do the rest, albeit over an extensive time period.I did mention earlier about Sociopaths, in my opinion, Robert Durst is one of the most intelligent Sociopaths (which technically I guess brain docs will tell you they all are!) to ever (so far) get away with murder, that's maybe because he didn't do it as one jury has decided, or maybe because he balanced his need for attention and accreditation, with need for solitude and time out from the limelight of his actions, I suppose it remains to be seen, but then, have you heard of Robert Durst?!? :-)

The Jinx; A documentary about the deaths of a handful of people starring the main suspect who is interviewed after having served time for one of the killings as he maintains his innocence. Stretched out over six 45-minutes episodes, the documentary basically tells the story of Robert Durst's life with Durst himself collaborating the story entirely apart from having anything to do with the deaths and killings that make the story interesting. After three episodes, this repetitive dynamic becomes quite a drag. Glued together with archive footage and private family footage of the man's past, we basically get treated to the blather of people involved in Durst's life or in the lives of the people he presumably killed and law enforcement officials involved in the cases. The term blather is not used lightly here. There is surprisingly little sappiness to be found in the comments made. The documentary never makes a case for why the viewer should care about any of these people or their viewpoints, or what Durst himself has to say or lie about the deaths of the victims.People get killed all the time, Durst very probably was involved in all of the cases presented, yet denies this. It shouldn't take 6 plodding episodes to document this.4/10

I started watching this 9PM, Saturday night after feeling discontent watching the euro vision.I have completed watching it today, Sunday.It's the best 'crime' documentary I have ever seen and the first of it's sort and style.It's also the first review I've written on IMDb. I felt so hollow after starring at a black void during the final moments of this film. So much so, that I felt desperate to gain some sort of closure. I found myself scanning articles, information and comments about Hurst hoping that i'd be able to create closure for myself..This film is a masterpiece. I experienced a range of emotions such as anger, sadness, pity and even sickness (especially during the last scenes).THANK YOU...Andrew Jarecki for giving us a glimpse into the mind of a psychopath and showing us danger in it's most feeble form.The only criticism I do have is the credit opening. I do love the choice of song and the scenes. However, I feel caution is necessary when dealing with a sensitive documentary such as this. I feel it should stay true to the nature of the documentary and remind us that we're watching a documentary about a cold blooded murderer. Basically, I feel the opening credits it's something that you'd see from TV drama's such as True blood, damages etc etc...