10. Tabloid
Recommended by 5 sites; IMDb rank 7.1 – Total:7 points
Up next is “Tabloid” which tries to tell the story of former beauty queen Joyce McKinney. The documentary concentrates on McKinney’s life, focusing on the famous “Case of the Manacled Mormon,” as the press put it at the time. In the film, McKinney herself talks about how she got involved with a group of Mormons without actually knowing anything about them or their lifestyle. As she was about to get married to one of them, he disappeared and was tracked down in England where she claims he was being brainwashed by Mormon elders.
While she says Kirk Anderson left with her willingly when they reunited, his story is quite different, blaming her for abducting him, chaining him to a bed and raping him. Before the case could be judged in England, McKinney fled to the United States.
As mentioned, “Tabloid” features the woman herself, as well as others connected to the case. Despite all this, this documentary is quite controversial after McKinney chose to sue documentarian Errol Morris for the way she is portrayed in the movie, using words such as “crazy,” “sex offender”, “prostitute” and “rapist” while flinging about accusations. The judges didn’t agree with her and the film can still be seen, years after its launch.
