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Do You Really Want to Know? (2012)
Moving and personal; solid production values; suspenseful
I saw this film at the DOXA film festival today. It follows the stories of three families affected by Huntingdon's Disease. The families are all different from each other, as is their disease stage, and their individual responses to it. The film takes us through the family's struggles, and draws us in emotionally, yet without sentimentality. Pacing is good, and overall the movie's look and feel is solidly professional. The viewer really cares about each at-risk character's dilemma regarding whether or not to be tested for the disease, and what the outcome of said tests will be--this suspense is handled artfully throughout the film's duration. Also, we're given an opportunity to develop our own feelings and to make our own judgments--I didn't sense myself being manipulated by the film maker. Well done!