Where Is Robert Fisher?

If you know Minn's work, this will come as no surprise. He is always the "star", he will always appear on camera at some point giving HIS perspective, and he always takes himself much more serious than the viewer. This over long doc is all of the above. The subject matter isn't really that intriguing and he stretches to make it so. Fisher is most likely dead or living in some 3rd world country.

Low budget, direct-to-tv documentary. But even for someone who only heard about this case for the first time without watching other "crime shows" about it, it gives a well rounded account of the Robert Fisher case. As this case lingers for many years now, it pretty much boggles down to theories of his whereabouts based on different appraisals of his hunter skills. But 3/4 of the film has passed past and the rest is just time fillers, there's just nothing else to add. And just to drive my point home, I remove 2 stars from my original 6 for the two minutes interview of that psychic at the end.

This case is definitely interesting, but I found myself turning to my phone and the internet to get more info because the documentary was incredibly, painfully slow. It was odd the way it was put together, flip flopping theories literally from one shot to the next and did I mention how slow it was? This whole show was peppered with horrible, 80's creepy synthesizer music which was overlayed on top of so many home movies that do not move the story forward at all and long pauses throughout. I know the case has dried up a little and that's why they may have dragged out the show. But, this is not an uninteresting case and it should have been done so much better.

Robert Fisher is said to have stabbed and shot his wife and then slit the throats of his children. He took his stuff out of the house. Then put accelerant down the hallway to the bedrooms with a candle burning on the floor. He then disconnected the gas pipe from the furnace so gas filled the house and exploded when the candle burned down. These two actions are very sophisticated and unlike for a distraught dad to do after murdering his family. The throat slit and the gunshot to the wife is also strange. If it were a spur of the moment, the throat or the gunshot would do. Why would he slit his children's throats, if he had a gun. He would shoot them as they slept. Someone in a crazed maniacal storm would shoot and run. Someone else killed Robert's family and told him what to do at gunpoint. Someone told him to gather his belongings and take the dog. Someone told him to go to the ATM and withdraw the maximum amount. Robert Fisher was told to drive to the forest that he knew. The car and dog are left. Fisher is marched at gunpoint out to another vehicle. The killers take Fisher to a remote location and kill him. Why? The mystery! No one knows but the killers who leave everyone puzzled and devastated. The story is the power. The front page. The documentary. The killers ruin his name and his family both. And no one but the killers are in control.

I began to think it was a parody on Dateline. Those are some of the worst investigators I've ever seen. They actually believe themselves? Please don't waste your time.

This documentary was fairly interesting, but also kind of boring and draaaaaged along in parts. It gave good straightforward info but then all of a sudden, just before it ends they crowbar in a ridiculous interview with a psychic, and it's presented as if this is supposedly potential valid information alongside all the facts presented beforehand which was done by actual rational fact based investigation. This psychic interview thereby undermines all the previous information presented in the documentary. It's so funny that it's ruined in the very last scene. Almost comedic in its timing. Thanks a lot psychic lady! Yet another attention seeking deluded psychic ruining anything they touch with their crazy making words. Lol. Oh well, it takes all kinds I guess, but one would hope all these kinds are not presented in such a way in a serious documentary. Wonk, wonnnnk fail. :-)

Maybe it's because I knew in advance that Robert Fisher still has not been found, but the movie quickly became a repetitive confirmation of the family's commitment to their church and the lord. It was a heinous act by Fisher, and I feel bad for his wife and children, but this would have fit better in an episode of Unsolved Mysteries. 15 minutes and the story could be told. As an aside, I found it in poor taste that they felt the need to repeatedly show the burned remains of the 3 victims. I didn't need to see that to get the idea. Amazon Prime has some good documentaries, but this isn't one of them.