Talk:Detainment (film)

11-FEB-2019
This page is currently quite biased in what details it includes. It says very little except a one-sided description of the controversy around the film. (Positive information, such as the awards it has won (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6813264/awards?ref_=tt_ql_op_1) and its critical acclaim (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6813264/externalreviews?ref_=ttawd_sa_4) are not included.)

So I request an addition about the defense to the controversy (proposed text to be added at the end of the 'Controversy' section):

Malcolm Stevens, who oversaw the detention of the killers (as the former Home Secretary’s professional adviser responsible for children who committed ‘grave crimes’), defended the making of the film, saying that it raised questions regarding the treatment of young offenders “which successive governments have striven to avoid”, and “That it has fallen to film-makers rather than government to illuminate such dark subjects is no reason to criticise them”. David James Smith, journalist and author of ‘The Sleep of Reason: The James Bulger Case’, said “There is a role for responsible media in seeking to explore why two boys killed, just as the trial judge suggested there would be, 25 years ago.” He called Detainment “an accurate film with an honest purpose”.

I could cite others, such as Irish Times columnist Fintan O'Toole, who called the film “profoundly moral” (https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-jamie-bulger-film-a-serious-and-moral-piece-of-work-1.3781841#.XFmARc9MmjE.twitter), Donal Lynch's article (in the Irish Independent) ending with “And for that he should not apologise” (https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-oscar-contender-attacked-over-movie-about-child-killers-37705856.html), or these articles:

- 'Detainment review: a plea for wiser judgement' (https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/reviews-recommendations/bytes/detainment-vincent-lambe-short-dramatisation-jamie-bulger-murder-recreation-plea-wiser-judgement);

- 'Consulting James Bulger’s family ahead of new film Detainment would have been tactful, but not compulsory' (https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2019/01/consulting-james-bulger-s-family-ahead-new-film-detainment-would-have-been)

(and others), but I've chosen those two because of their knowledge of the case - the two most important people who defended the making of the film.

(Declaration of connection: I'm the director's brother.)

JohnBLambe (talk) 14:05, 11 February 2019 (UTC)

Reply 11-FEB-2019
Below you will see where proposals from your request have been quoted with reviewer decisions and feedback inserted underneath, either accepting, declining or otherwise commenting upon your proposal(s). Please read the enclosed notes within the proposal review section below for information on each request.  Spintendo   23:02, 11 February 2019 (UTC)