:Casting JonBenet

{{Infobox film

| name = Casting JonBenet

| image = Casting JonBenet.png

| alt =

| caption = Netflix release poster

| director = Kitty Green

| producer = {{Plainlist|

Kitty Green
Scott Macaulay
James Schamus

}}

| writer =

| starring =

| music = Nathan Larson

| cinematography = Michael Latham

| editing = Davis Coombe

| studio = {{Plainlist|

Forensic Films
Symbolic Exchange
Meridian Entertainment

}}

| distributor = Netflix

| released = {{Film date|2017|01|22|Sundance|2017|04|28}} (Netflix)

| runtime = 80 minutes{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/city-ghosts-film-review-sundance-2017-967151|title='City of Ghosts': Film Review | Sundance 2017|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|work=The Hollywood Reporter|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=January 22, 2017|accessdate=January 29, 2017}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Casting JonBenet is a 2017 American documentary film about the death of JonBenét Ramsey and the large impact it left behind. The film was directed by Kitty Green.

Synopsis

Casting JonBenet documents the casting process for the re-enactments in the documentary. Various Colorado-area actors are interviewed and tested for the roles of real people involved in the case, including John and Patsy Ramsey, Burke Ramsey, John Mark Karr and Boulder police officials. During the process, the would-be actors, dressed as the individuals they are auditioning for, reveal their emotions about the case and offer their own speculations. Rather than documenting the crime, the film observes how the events have become a point of pop-cultural obsession and conspiracy.

Release

The film premiered in January 2017 at the Sundance Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/projects/casting-jonbenet|title=Casting JonBenet|accessdate=February 10, 2017|work=Sundance Film Festival|publisher=The Sundance Institute}} Netflix gained the rights to distribute Casting JonBenet, and began streaming it on April 28, 2017.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/netflix-to-stream-casting-jonbenet-documentary-w459078|title=Netflix to Stream 'Casting JonBenet' Documentary|last=Legaspi|first=Althea|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 4, 2017|accessdate=February 10, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.avclub.com/article/netflixs-casting-jonbenet-gets-premiere-date-and-t-249962|title=Netflix's Casting JonBenét gets a premiere date and a teaser|date=February 8, 2017|accessdate=February 10, 2017|last=Barsanti|first=Sam|work=The A.V. Club |publisher=The Onion}}

Reception

Casting JonBenet received positive reviews upon release.{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/casting-jonbenet-sundance-review/5114067.article|title='Casting JonBenet': Sundance Review|date=January 23, 2017|accessdate=February 10, 2017|work=Screen Daily|publisher=Screen International|last=Grierson |first=Tim}} On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 81%, based on 47 reviews, and an average rating of 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Casting JonBenét{{'}}s unorthodox approach to its genre sets it apart in a crowded field, making for a uniquely thought-provoking true crime documentary hybrid."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/casting_jonbenet/|title=Casting JonBenét (2017) |work=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|accessdate=February 10, 2017}} On Metacritic, it holds a rating of 74 out of 100, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/casting-jonbenet|title=Casting JonBenet Reviews |work=Metacritic|publisher=CBS Interactive|accessdate=February 10, 2017}}