The Society Murders was the name given to the April 4, 2002 murders of husband and wife millionaire socialites Margaret Mary Wales-King, 69, and husband, Paul Aloysius King, 75 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, by their son, Matthew Wales. The crime and subsequent trial received widespread media coverage throughout Australia and later became the subject of both a book and a television film.
Reviews
Great Film overall
At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.
The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
This is actually a very good 'made for television' movie. Based on an true murder investigation in Melbourne Australia, it has been well adapted for television and very well directed. The casting of some excellent Australian actors has enabled the characters to be brought to life by acting that is consistently good. The viewer gets a real feeling of being in the room with the victims' family as they await the arrest of the murderer, all the time feeling it may have been one of them. The expert editing adds to the realism and the dialogue is unusually well written for an Australian production. This is not a thriller but a drama based on a family tragedy. This production serves to highlight the shame of so little investment in drama by Australian television networks. A good effort and worth watching.
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