The Gary I Knew (2020)
Satyran 3 points 2 years ago.

Poorly shot, poorly edited, a very poor production. The ex-wife seemed particularly enthralled with the word “fame” and mentions it frequently throughout the “film”. She seemed exceptionally disingenuous and detached. The documentary was less about Gary Coleman and more about what the ex-wife’s thoughts on Gary Coleman were. There are several scenes that could have easily been fixed by extremely simple re-shoots or even the most minimal of editing. The fact that this film even exists (and especially in the form it does) shows that it is clearly once last final attempt to squeeze out whatever money was left in the cold dead corpse of Gary Coleman. I feel very bad for Mr. Coleman, even in death he cannot find peace from the vultures, who aren’t even content to leave his eviscerated corpse alone without sucking the bone marrow out as well. Hopefully, this is the last we’ll hear from this lady and maybe, perhaps maybe, Mr. Coleman can finally rest in peace. I think the absolute shocker was the final scene where the ex-wife brings up that they never actually consumated their marriage. No one asked about this, no one brought it up. I think it is very showing that it was important for the ex-wife to relay to the audience that she was not physically intimate with Gary Coleman, and additionally she mentions that she had never seen the show and that she called him “Shorty”, as though that was some hilarious joke. She seemed like a total bitch.