Movie #3584 "Perfect Neighbor" (Netflix) This is an oscar-nominated documentary 2026, and it recently won Critics' Choice award and a nomination for a Bafta award for best documentary . It was the easiest for me to get to first since it is on netflix for free and I'm glad I watched it. I am not a huge documentary fan mostly because I feel they are sometimes very very slanted, and they usually are too long, but this one was neither in my opinion. It presents through police body cams several times the police were called to this one block in Florida with shouting, throwing things, swearing, name calling, etc. between a white woman and several black little kids and their parents. The complaint was that they were on her lawn and making too much noise. She was just renting, and she wasn't there that long of a time and she seemed really finicky and easily ticked off by little kids, so the police were trying to tell her to have more patience, and trying to tell the black families to respect her area. Well, it escalated and someone was shot -- a black mother was shot by this white lady through a metal door. The police took her in, and we watch her cross examined, and the situation just escalates. The note at the end indicates why the film probably was made --- the white woman in this situation was using the "stand your ground law" in that particular state, and how it is now gone probably because of problems like this one. I'd give it a 3 out of 5 --- I found the body cam filming annoying, but when it was held still and they were interviewing her, I found that part intriguing.
"THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR" 2025 R 1 hour and 36 mins netflix
A minor disagreement between neighbors in Florida takes a lethal turn, with police body camera footage and interviews probing the aftermath of the state's controversial "stand your ground" laws.
Director: Geeta gandbhir
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