Girl in the Picture explained

Girl in the Picture is an American Netflix original documentary film directed by Skye Borgman.^[1] It's based on the books A Beautiful Child and Finding Sharon by Matt Birkbeck, who also serves as executive producer.^[2] The story is centered on a young girl known as Sharon Marshall, who was abducted by a federal fugitive Franklin Delano Floyd and then raised as his daughter.^[3] Over the course of the next two decades, she was sexually assaulted by Floyd, forced to marry him and ultimately died in a suspicious hit-and-run accident in 1990.^[4] The film follows the shocking events that transpired afterward, and the years-long efforts by Birkbeck, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and the FBI to find her true identity. The film was released on July 6, 2022.^[5]

Reception

Upon its release, Girl In The Picture remained the number one movie on Netflix for several weeks.^[6] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a positive review of 96% based on 23 critics' reviews.

References

1. Web site: Murray . Noel . 2022-07-08 . Review: Who is the 'Girl in the Picture'? and more movies to see at home this weekend . 2022-07-27 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
2. Web site: Fans Are Praising Unsung Hero of Horrifying New Netflix True Crime Documentary . 12 July 2022 .
3. Web site: 2022-07-06 . Inside the Endlessly Twisted Story of Netflix's Girl in the Picture . 2022-07-27 . E! Online.
4. 'Girl in the Picture': Were Michael Hughes' Remains Ever Found, Is Frank Floyd Still Alive and More Unanswered Questions . Shafer . Ellise . 2022-07-13 . . 2022-07-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230211160439/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/girl-in-the-picture-unanswered-questions-suzanne-sevakis-michael-franklin-floyd-1235314054/ . 2023-02-11 . live.
5. News: Butler . Bethonie . 2022-07-13 . 'Girl in the Picture' restores an identity lost to decades of horror' . . 2022-07-27.
6. Web site: What is Girl in the Picture? The true crime sensation sweeping Netflix explained . Jenna . Mahale . 2022-07-12 . i-d.vice.com . 2023-01-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230106151803/https://i-d.vice.com/en/article/y3pdqy/girl-in-the-picture-netflix . 2023-01-06 . live.