Audiences Are Having Very *Strong* Reactions to Netflix’s New #1 Movie

Since landing on the platform, the documentary has sparked a wave of reviews and commentary and these go way beyond the usual “It was good” or “Not for me” takes. The reactions cut deeper, likely because the subject matter demands it. This isn’t a scripted thriller—it’s a real, raw story.

"I haven’t felt such visceral and intensely gendered loathing for a documentary termagant since ‘Dear Zachary,’" one reviewer shared on Rotten Tomatoes.

"As gripping as it is deeply unsettling, The Perfect Neighbor lays bare the systemic failures and the quiet terror embedded in American legal systems with surgical precision," another wrote.

"The Perfect Neighbor is an exceptionally tough watch, both in terms of its subject matter and in the way that it is filmed," a third wrote, while a fourth called the documentary "tremendous... but not one I wish to ever revisit."