Outcry (miniseries)

{{short description|2020 documentary miniseries}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Promotional|date=November 2023}}{{Infobox television | italic_title =  | image = Outcry (2020) Showtime Documentary Mini-Series Movie Poster.jpg | caption = | alt_name = | genre = True crime | writer = Pat Kondelis | director = Pat Kondelis | starring = Greg Kelley | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 1 | num_episodes = 5 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = | producer = Lauren Barker Stephen Espinoza Stephen Germer Lynsey Tamsen Jones Pat Kondelis Vinnie Malhotra Michael Rockafellow Jody Wingrove | cinematography = Ivy Chiu | editor = Sean McQueeney | camera =  | runtime =  | company =  | network = Showtime | first_aired = {{start date|2020|07|05}} | last_aired = {{End date|2020|08|02}} }}

'''''Outcry''''' is a 2020 documentary television miniseries written and directed by Pat Kondelis about the real-life story of high school football star Greg Kelley, who was arrested, jailed, and wrongfully convicted for sexual assault of a 4-year-old boy, and his highly vocal support system that pushed back in their quest for truth and justice. The Showtime mini-series premiered on July 5, 2020.

Into Greg Kelley's senior year in Leander, Texas, he was arrested, jailed, and convicted of sexual assault of a four-year-old boy who attended day care in the home where Kelley was living.<ref name=WashingtonPost>{{cite news |last1=Stuever |first1=Hank |title='Outcry' follows the fascinating case of a Texas high school football star wrongly accused of molestation |url=https://www.WashingtonPost.com/entertainment/tv/outcry-follows-the-fascinating-case-of-a-texas-high-school-football-star-wrongly-accused-of-molestation/2020/07/02/9f01f44a-bc7c-11ea-80b9-40ece9a701dc_story.html |newspaper=Washington Post |date=2020-07-03 |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref> A second boy recanted his outcry on the stand during the trial. Kelley was sentenced to 25 years in prison with no possibility for parole. In support of Kelley, a groundswell emerged of people who called into question the small-town police force, their investigation, the prosecution's tactics, and ultimately the validity of the conviction<ref name=Variety>{{cite web |last1=Turchiano |first1=Danielle |title='Outcry' Director on the Intersection of Crime and Sports and the Failures of a Small-Town Police Force |url=https://Variety.com/2020/tv/features/outcry-docuseries-greg-kelley-pat-kondelis-interview-1234697402/ |website=Variety.com |publisher=Variety |date=2020-07-03 |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref> in one of the most controversial cases the county had ever seen.<ref name=Bustle>{{cite web |last1=Cipriani |first1=Casey |title=How 'Outcry' Subject Greg Kelley Rebuilt His Life After Being Exonerated |url=https://www.Bustle.com/p/what-is-greg-kelley-doing-now-the-outcry-subject-is-moving-on-with-his-life-27629870 |website=Bustle.com |publisher=Bustle |date=2020-07-05 |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref> Kelley was completely exonerated in November 2019.

"This does not feel like freedom at all," said Kelley, before his exoneration. Complete exoneration by the Criminal Court of Appeals in Texas is very rare.<ref name=TexasMonthly>{{cite web |last1=Cahalan |first1=Rose |title='Outcry' Offers a Nuanced Look at a Wrongful Conviction in Central Texas |url=https://www.TexasMonthly.com/the-culture/outcry-showtime-true-crime/ |website=TexasMonthly.com |publisher=Texas Monthly |date=2020-07-07 |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref>

== Reception == ''Rotten Tomatoes'' favorably rates ''Outcry'' 89% from 9 critics and 93% from 15 users,<ref name=RottenTomatoes>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Outcry |url=https://www.RottenTomatoes.com/tv/outcry/s01 |website=RottenTomatoes.com |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date= |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref> while the Internet Movie Database rates it 8.4/10 from 690 users.<ref name=IMDb>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Outcry |url=https://www.IMDb.com/title/tt11615234/ |website=IMDb.com |publisher=IMDb |date= |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref> ''Metacritic'' rates ''Outcry'' 78% from 5 critics.<ref name=Metacritic>{{cite web |title=Outcry |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/outcry/season-1 |website=Metacritic.com |publisher=Metacritic |date= |access-date=2023-02-19 }}</ref>

''The Guardian'' said, "It was a rollercoaster" and the most surprising docuseries of the summer.<ref name=TheGuardian>{{cite web |last1=Horton |first1=Adrian |title='It was a rollercoaster': Outcry, the most surprising docuseries of the summer |url=https://www.TheGuardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/jul/06/outcry-docuseries-showtime-greg-kelley |website=The Guardian |date=2020-07-06 |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref>

''The Hollywood Reporter'' said it was, "An effectively indignation-inducing true crime tale."<ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite web |last1=Fienberg |first1=Daniel |title='Outcry': TV Review |url=https://www.HollywoodReporter.com/review/outcry-review-1300645 |website=HollywoodReporter.com |publisher=Hollywood Reporter |date=2020-07-01 |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref>

Michael Morton, who was mentioned in ''Outcry'' as also having been wrongfully convicted, expressed that the way the prosecutors are being presented in ''Outcry'' is problematic.<ref name=Heavy>{{cite web |last1=Reiher |first1=Andrea |title=Man Exonerated of Wife's Murder Objects to 'Outcry's' Portrayal of Prosecutors |url=https://Heavy.com/entertainment/2020/07/outcry-michael-morton-prosecutor-misconduct/ |website=Heavy.com |publisher=Heavy |date=2020-07-12 |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref>

''Decider'' considered whether to "Stream It Or Skip It" and called to "Stream It" as did 73.5% on their Twitter poll.<ref name=Decider>{{cite web |last1=Keller |first1=Joel |title=Stream It Or Skip It: 'Outcry' On Showtime, A Docuseries On A High School Football Star Convicted Of Molesting Children — But There Are Doubts |url=https://Decider.com/2020/07/05/outcry-showtime-stream-it-or-skip-it/ |website=Decider.com |publisher=Decider |date=2020-07-05 |access-date=2020-08-24 }}</ref>

Lawyer Robert Barnes highly recommends ''Outcry'', stating, "What's also still unsettling is that even Texas Rangers and high-ranking law enforcement officers still don't know how to prosecute a child abuse case."<ref name=VivaBarnes>{{cite web |last1=Freiheit |first1=David |title=Viva & Barnes LAW FOR THE PEOPLE Live Stream |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IudZCstCbq0&feature=youtu.be&t=7697 |website=YouTube.com |publisher=Frei Viva |date=2020-08-24 |access-date=2020-08-24 }} at 2:08:17</ref>

== See also ==

* ''The Confession Killer'', also involves problems with the Texas Rangers. * ''Disgraced'' (2017 film), also written/directed/produced by Pat Kondelis, is an Emmy Award winning Showtime documentary on the 2003 murder of Baylor University basketball player Patrick Dennehy, the NCAA, and its scandal with Dave Bliss. * ''The Scheme'' (2020 film), also directed by Pat Kondelis, is a documentary on basketball insider Christian Dawkins, who hustled the FBI in a scandal that threatened to take down the NCAA. * ''The Radical Story of Patty Hearst'', another 2018 documentary mini-series directed Pat Kondelis, is about the transformation of Patty Hearst from kidnapped heiress to well-known terrorist is a saga of privilege, celebrity and violence, from firsthand accounts over forty years later. * Innocent prisoner's dilemma * The Innocence Project * List of wrongful convictions in the United States

== References ==

== External links ==

* {{Official website|https://www.sho.com/outcry}} * {{IMDb title|tt11615234|Outcry}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|tv/outcry}}

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