Karla

This was a very intense movie, which was exactly what I had expected. No graphic, porno-type sexual scenes, but those were not to be anticipated in the first place. The film portrayed the history rather accurately, as far as the facts were reported in the media. I'm from the Buffalo, NY area and saw a lot of media coverage pertaining to the events leading up to the eventual indictments and convictions of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka.

Misha Collins who portrays Paul Bernardino in this film stated that he could not sleep while filming this movie. His portrayal of the cold hearted killer was chilling and top notch acting. He was Paul. This is one of those rare instances that when you think of the real killer that this movie is based on, you can only picture Misha Collins in your mind. That is how good he is in this film. Laura Prepon is a revelation also. It is truly brilliant acting when you can say so much and not speak at all. She has the ability to speak with her eyes, and that is truly a talent. I know nothing of the real Karla, but Laura makes her seem both sympathetic and pathetic. We see her only as a woman in love and willing to do anything to keep the man she loves. She is most probably sick, yes, an accomplice to murder, yes. But your heart hurts for her because of Prepon`s performance. At least mine did. There is no gore in this film but it didn't need any. The psychological horror was enough. Conscience and morality. Where would we be without them? More than likely we would be living the lives of Karla and Paul. The film's message is clear: be careful what you do for love. Because in the end, love may have nothing to do with it. I highly recommend this film for the heart felt performances. I applaud the film makers for making this film despite many protests against it. And I can only hope that Karla finds the peace that she stole from all those families of the victims. One wonders that if the actor portraying Paul could not sleep at night, what does the real Karla see when she closes her eyes? And is she perhaps still being continually punished in her own mental prison despite being free? One can only wonder.

I remember when the killings happened only 3 hrs away from my hometown. All of my father's family is from St Catherines and many of my family knew of or had met the victims. My grandmother actually went to church were one of the girls was abducted from. This case really hit home. I read one of the books that told the story of Karla and Paul and when I found out there was going to be a movie I was very interested in seeing it. I felt like by reading the book and watching the movie that I was keeping the victims memories alive not glorifying these sick people for the crimes they committed. This movie was only viewed in very few movie theatres in Canada, none in which were close to my home so I was unable to see the movie while in theatres. When the movie then became available on DVD again there was nowhere near to rent or buy it. I purchased this movie without ever seeing it but with a case that I had followed for such a long time I had the need to see it. This movie kept close to the facts that were released to the public through the media and the books available. The movie was very powerful, very graphic and very hard to believe to be true. It's so hard to believe that someone could do such horrible things to such innocent victims. I highly recommend this film but only to viewers that realize what this film in tales. The actors/actresses in this film did a wonderful job and I can only imagine how hard it was for them to be in these roles. To the families of the victims their memory is still alive. I hope that others who watch this film watch it for the same reasons as me not to glorify but to remember.

So good (as good as a movie about rape and murder can be, I suppose). Laura Prepon and Misha Collins absolutely kill it (so to speak). She lets the viewer struggle between pitying her and hating her. He is the perfect ratio of charming sociopath and psychotic killer. Movie well done to tell a story about such horrific events.

It's not gorey just vulgar. It's based off a true story and you can actually look up the story online which makes me that much more disturbing. But, if you offend easily or don't like explicitness I'd shy away. You will see some nudity. You will here strong words. I think they did a great job with it. Just fd up.

this is the worse terriable movie that i ever seen . I don;t recommened anyone to buy this movie this isn't worth anything to buy it to be honest about it.

I first became fascinated by the Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka case when I had to study it in my high school class on Canadian Law in 2005. The Ken and Barbie killers. It was the only part of the whole course that wasn't completely boring. It was also the same year Karla was freed from prison. I watched the French CBC interview she gave the night she was freed (what a stupid move for such a hated woman I would've thought dead by now). I also read almost all the books and watched several documentaries about the case too. I was much more interested in Karla than in Paul. Simply because sadistic serial rapists/killers like Paul, as sad as it is to say, are a dime a dozen. But Karla was unique. She was a young pretty little enigma from our own Canada, who also happened to be a sadistic serial rapist/killer. Some psychiatrists that have evaluated her say she's pure evil, others say she's an innocent victim, and some came out saying she's a complete mystery. I personally think she is a person who happened to have been born without a conscience, like some people are born without limbs or vision or hearing. I think had she never met Paul, she wouldn't have done anything like this in her entire life. But she did. And she has no remorse for what she did, at all. Neither does her family. In Stephen Williams' first book about the case, Invisible Darkness, it's documented that, although her family appear to be nice normal people, they didn't really seem to care about what she had done. They defended her, stuck by her, and her mother, Dorothy, was heard to have said "Well the girls are already dead, so might as well party" at Karla's going away party before she went to prison. My theory is that the whole Homolka family is psychotic. First time I watched the movie, I didn't like it. I was disappointed that the facts had been twisted the way they were. But the second time I watched it, I understood the whole point of having it be her side of the story. Because there are certain parts we don't know for sure exactly how they happened (the deaths of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French not being videotaped), there are now three sides to this story: Karla's, Paul's, and the truth. Being told from her lying mouth was the only way they were able to make this movie. That, and also because Karla's compliant victim defense adds another layer of complexity to the story which might make it more interesting for some. She's still crazy, but it's a different kind of crazy you see. Since then, this has become one of my favorite movies. It really is well made and well acted. If it had been received better and not totally slandered by Canada (as a Canadian myself, I say you can't have a problem with this being based on a true story without having a problem with Bonnie and Clyde or Schindler's List), I think there could've been a possibility for Laura Prepon to have maybe even gotten an Oscar Nomination for this role. She probably thought it was going to be her big breakout role in Hollywood. And it could have been, especially after Charlize Theron received critical acclaim and an Academy Award for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Monster. But now she'll be remembered as Donna Pinciotti from That '70s Show, which is what I'm sure she was trying to avoid by taking on such a challenging and dark role. But she played the murderous bitch perfectly, especially during the evaluation scenes between her and her psychiatrist, Dr. Arnold, who served as a proper mediator for her unreliable narration. In a way, she was playing two different characters. Both the Karla who's been reported as having an "indifferent, haughty and irritable" personality, and the compliant victim Karla from her version of the story. The real Karla was obviously not that good an actress. I've watched this movie with friends who knew nothing at all about the real case and they all liked it even though they thought it was sick and disturbing. But as sick and disturbing as this movie is, it's actually toned down through the movie's editing, as compared to what happened in real life. Almost every time I will watch the scenes of the psychotic rapes, torture, and murders of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French (renamed in the film out of respect), I will cry. Although, one particular part always makes me laugh for some reason; when Karla mentions Demerol to Dr. Arnold, he asks her if she wants some. She then looks him dead in the eyes with a hateful expression on her face and just calmly says, "No". I don't know why, but that part always cracks me up! This movie has some flaws, as most movies do. For example, there are some minor omissions and a couple of names have been changed due to legal reasons. It's not perfect or a masterpiece by any means. And it doesn't have a moral at the end of the story, other than love makes you crazy. But it is a very good movie that seemed to get a lot of negativity that wasn't necessarily deserved. It is much better than it gets credit for.

Karla is a dark, mind twisting masterpiece! Misha Collins is Terrifying, Breath-taking and Evil and in my opinion he out does Charlize Theron's performance in monster. It gives you a shocking view into the mind of an abusive, manipulative psychopath. The acting is outstanding, captivating and at times very disturbing.

solo per cultori di M.C. (che, per primo non ama questo film). E' un film crudo e violento (tratto da una storia vera). M.C. è così bravo da fare veramente paura. Si è spaventato da solo :-D Avrei dato 5 stelle per la sua interpretazione, ma non sarebbe stato un giudizio obiettivo.

I was unable to view the film due to “regional” play issues. The lunacy of letting a sadist go free because she testified against her sadist husband, and regional dvd issues simply means nothing is real. Great movie I’m sure😑

I found this film quite graphic and shocking at times but felt it was important for it to be portrayed this way as an understanding of why the crimes were so horrific. I enjoy true life stories and found this interesting although disturbing as well.