Deep Cover, starring Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, and Nick Mohammed, along with heavyweights Sean Bean, Paddy Considine, and Ian McShane, isn’t the kind of film that will earn a 15-minute standing ovation at Cannes. But it will deliver an hour and a half of lighthearted fun and an easy evening’s watch.

Brilliant. Disturbed. Disturbing. Brilliant.

The story of Charles Manson is always intriguing, but this Netflix documentary loses all credibility within the first 10 minutes by subscribing to conspiracy theories that are based purely on speculation with no supporting evidence.

The title of this post should be read as including a rating of 0 out of 4 stars. Every time I agree to watch a movie like this with my wife, I finish it thinking, “Well, that was stupid!”