If you pay attention to the news, you will have some idea of who Jeffrey Epstein is and what he did. If you have watched and read previous things about him, you will know most of what is shown in this documentary. However, if you haven’t, this documentary will be shocking and thrilling, and even if you know the story, it will still proves infuriating and enlightening.
Jeffrey Epstein was a famous business man who had many ties to Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, and many more, and more importantly, he was a pedophile and runner of underage sex rings. He was depraved individual who when he was finally brought to justice, ‘killed himself’ in a high security prison before his day in court. It is widely disputed he was killed before he could reveal incriminating information, but this isn’t dived into in this documentary, and his links to famous people is more mentioned than explored.
Importantly, the story is told from the perspective of the survivors, the brave women who spoke up about the horrors they endured at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell (the Woman very much at the heart of this scandal and bizarrely absent from arrests and media focus), and it ensures that they are seen as real people, not just ‘victims of Epstein.
The series runs at 4 episodes long, and is therefore long enough to dive into the subject but also short enough that the viewer doesn’t grow bored or it has to be stretched out too long, which is often the case with these Netflix documentaries.
This isn’t a game changing expose, but it still effectively explains what Epstein did and how he was able to get away with it, as well as pointing the finger towards more people who have so far evaded justice.
Rating = 3.5/5
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