The Family I Had

Name: The Family I Had
Genre: Crime, Documentary
Released: 2017-04-21
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 5.2
Cast: Kyla Bennett, Charity Lee, Paris Lee Bennett, Ella Bennett, Becca Baggenstoss

2017·Crime·1h 17m

5.2

★

In The Family I Had, a mother recalls how her brilliant teenage son came to shatter their idyllic family through one horribly violent and shocking act. Now, left to pick up the pieces, the survivors test the boundaries of their newly defined reality in this moving true crime exploration of the nature and limits of familial love.

Directed by Katie Green and Carlye Rubin

true crime

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2.9 / 5

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Crew

Christopher Clements

Executive Producer

Julie Goldman

Executive Producer

Mira Billotte

Music

Popular Reviews

18 reviews

jocelynne

2.0★ · 03/08/26

too much paris screen time + weird as fuck that it was not once mentioned he assaulted his sister before stabbing her 17 times, i had to google that to find out, changed the entire tone of rehabilitation. i hope you rot

Jess

Family lore just kept getting worse

Jalyn Strain

4.0★ · 08/21/25

This was bad. They didn’t go into any detail about the crime. There were some good moments where you could tell something was not right with the grandma, but the timeline was all over the place. Hope she feels better

lily pz

3.0★ · 05/07/25

yeah so my son murdered my daughter to punish me or whatever and also my mum probably killed my dad but it’s cool

bella

2.0★ · 02/28/25

killed and raped his four year old sister, told his mother he was pleased with himself for doing so because he wanted to hurt her, but is upset he ‘couldn’t get drunk’ or ‘go to prom’… yeah keep him in jail.

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