I read that Davis had only a few days to shoot this before Wendy had to report to her sentencing, and with such a time constraint he managed to pull off one of the best documentary-film's I have seen in a while--even with only an hour of footage! Watching this brought some of the same feelings back I had from watching "Paradise Lost"--about the "West Memphis Three", except all of the facts were on the table here with Wendy's case. This creative piece really makes the people who say "well your the one who stays with the guy who beats you up--it's your fault!" feel like complete idiots. Audiences can now realize that so much is at stake when leaving an abusive man who is the father of your children. Especially a man (like this monster) who would still probably find and kill Wendy and her kids no matter what little restraining order was in place.
I love how the home videos were integrated with the whole film, It was mostly the home shots that really got to me.
The last documentary I saw was "Boy Interrupted", and this one is just as heart wrenching/touching.
**Side Note** Why would HBO change the name of this film!? One Minute to 9 is perfect! They probably think by adding a profane word that it would catch more audience attention...They are wrong, all you need to do is just see a couple seconds of the film to get hooked--like I did!
*Gave 9 stars because I wanted a little bit more of a back story...But that does not take away the fact that "One Minute to 9" will stay in your head for a long time after watching it!