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    Wormwood

    Errol Morris's enthralling Wormwood, a six-part, 258-minute miniseries produced by Netflix, debuts in December.

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    By Joe Morgenstern • Sep 9, 2017 • 3m Listen

    Part documentary and part drama, Wormwood is a multilayered account of Eric Olson, a man who's devoted decades of his life to unraveling the mysterious death of his father, a U.S. Army scientist. Yet, Wormwood also typifies the sort of intricate, discursive storytelling favored by a new generation that doesn't always want to sit in a dark theater for a fixed amount of time.

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