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"I think the tricky thing is the book has a lot of interiority and narration and they've managed to convey it."

“The Perfect Neighbor” feels like a daring approach in an age when context is in short supply and documentary filmmakers can avail themselves of narration and original interviews to tell the full story.

Having stripped away most of the documentary’s narration and sit-down interviews with Kerr’s family and friends, the film barely explores anyone’s psychology — and Blunt’s railroaded Dawn loses her chance to speak for herself.

Sometimes he sounds almost rushed, peppering his narration with “so forths,” and making his readers play odds-or-evens to attribute long stretches of dialogue.

Worst by far, for the journeyman performer, is the looming specter of AI-generated narration.