Overall, I found this to be a riveting series and the Hammer family dynasty fits the sterotype of rich people behaving very, very badly when they believe that their wealth and power of influence places them above the law.
As for Armie Hammer, I'll take the moral high ground and say that a person is innocent until proven guilty. But I say that through gritted teeth and I'd add that his self-imposed exile to the Cayman Islands might be an indicator of the truth.
Having learned that the first known (alleged) victim "Effie" objected to this documentary and the inclusion of her recorded impact statement from 2021, I can only say: shame on the filmmakers.
They have since claimed that her statement was in the public domain and therefore in the public interest to include it.
However, it is clearly evident that she made her public statement under great duress in the hope of attaining some justice for herself and other (alleged) victims and potential future victims. But the process of making that statement was so distressing for her that to have it recirculated against her wishes in a high profile docuseries surely reinforces the (alleged) trauma she experienced. Its inclusion did little to add context to the series when so many other events and facts had been otherwise well presented.
And finally, The Charmies: these are clearly the kind of people who feel that they are on some righteous crusade to protect a man they have never met and (for their own sake) hopefully never will.
Are they lonely or just your standard Internet trolls? Probably a little of both. No doubt they'll flood IMDB with their own reviews about House of Hammer, as is their right. But directly contacting and harassing the (alleged) victims is no better than the (alleged) acts of the (alleged) perpetrator.
As for Armie Hammer, I'll take the moral high ground and say that a person is innocent until proven guilty. But I say that through gritted teeth and I'd add that his self-imposed exile to the Cayman Islands might be an indicator of the truth.
Having learned that the first known (alleged) victim "Effie" objected to this documentary and the inclusion of her recorded impact statement from 2021, I can only say: shame on the filmmakers.
They have since claimed that her statement was in the public domain and therefore in the public interest to include it.
However, it is clearly evident that she made her public statement under great duress in the hope of attaining some justice for herself and other (alleged) victims and potential future victims. But the process of making that statement was so distressing for her that to have it recirculated against her wishes in a high profile docuseries surely reinforces the (alleged) trauma she experienced. Its inclusion did little to add context to the series when so many other events and facts had been otherwise well presented.
And finally, The Charmies: these are clearly the kind of people who feel that they are on some righteous crusade to protect a man they have never met and (for their own sake) hopefully never will.
Are they lonely or just your standard Internet trolls? Probably a little of both. No doubt they'll flood IMDB with their own reviews about House of Hammer, as is their right. But directly contacting and harassing the (alleged) victims is no better than the (alleged) acts of the (alleged) perpetrator.