This is the story of the disappearence of Dolores Wulff, a mother of four. On a night when she was a alone with her husband she disappeared, leaving a lot of questions and suspicion that her husband had something to do with it.
While I like this film a great deal, I'm still not certain exactly what I think of this film. There is a point where I kind of stepped away. The problem is that while the film is set up as a grand mystery, there is a point somewhere about halfway in when you realize that there really isn't a mystery here, it's simply at what point do they realize that Wulff's body had been found years before. There is no grand "ah ha" moment. We know who did it, even if the (cruel) efforts to get the killer to confess go nowhere. It's not bad, it's just not as great as the start of the film is. (I also despise the fact that everyone takes absolute delight in explaining in detail all the horrible things they did to Wulff's husband to get him to confess. In their own way they are a hairsbreadth away from being as bad as him- since they all would have gladly killed him themselves.)
That said, if you want to see a good, and moving true crime film see this film.
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