‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: Bodycam Doc Explores the Consequences of Manufactured Fear In 2020s America [Sundance]

The whole world feels brittle right now like a thin piece of glass struggling to hold its shape in a hurricane. Indeed, tension is high and promises to get higher, and if the documentary “The Perfect Neighbor” is to be believed (as it should be), this is every inch of our own doing. It’s a crumby situation to be in when the dominant political movement of the moment can only sustain itself by feeding this paranoid fear frenzy, yet those are the murderous results on display, here. Continue reading ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: Bodycam Doc Explores the Consequences of Manufactured Fear In 2020s America [Sundance] at The Playlist.

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‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: Bodycam Doc Explores the Consequences of Manufactured Fear In 2020s America [Sundance]
The Perfect Neighbor, Sundance Film Festival, Sundance 2025, Geeta Gandbhir,‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: Bodycam Doc Explores the Consequences of Manufactured Fear In 2020s America [Sundance]

The whole world feels brittle right now like a thin piece of glass struggling to hold its shape in a hurricane. Indeed, tension is high and promises to get higher, and if the documentary “The Perfect Neighbor” is to be believed (as it should be), this is every inch of our own doing. It’s a crumby situation to be in when the dominant political movement of the moment can only sustain itself by feeding this paranoid fear frenzy, yet those are the murderous results on display, here.

Continue reading ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Review: Bodycam Doc Explores the Consequences of Manufactured Fear In 2020s America [Sundance] at The Playlist.