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Soaked in Bleach

The death of an icon comes to life

2015 · 1h 40m · N/A Crime, Documentary, Drama, Music
Directed by Benjamin Statler

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Overview

Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.

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30%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The inclination to dismiss this as fanciful conspiracy theorizing is here countered by the testimonies of various experts, certain that the Seattle police really bungled their investigation.

Dennis Harvey, Variety
Fresh

By the time Wecht declares that this is a death that simply has to be reinvestigated, even a viewer with no special attachment to Cobain's legacy is likely to agree.

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh

Whether he's way off base or not, Tom Grant is clearly a believer, and the ideas he presents via Soaked In Bleach-as unabashedly one-sided as they are-aren't easily dismissed.

Josh Modell, AV Club
Rotten

The problem is, when facing down Love's and Cobain's outsize, junked-up personalities, Grant seems a total naif.

Mike Laws, Village Voice

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