It starts with kids playing in the yard and ends in gunfire. This doc shows how a petty complaint spiraled into a deadly test of “stand your ground.”
Trailer for “The Perfect Neighbor”
You Can’t Make This Sh!t Up
- Susan Lorincz called 911 again and again about neighborhood kids, painting herself as the victim, before the situation ended with her firing her gun through a locked door.
- The woman at the center of the story described herself as “the perfect neighbor,” which makes the ending even more surreal once she becomes the face of a deadly case tied to Florida’s stand-your-ground debate.
Watch “The Perfect Neighbor”
You can watch “The Perfect Neighbor” on Netflix.
Ratings:
- My Rating: 95/100
- IMDB Rating: 7.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Ratings: 81/100 (Users); 99/100 (Critics)
Director’s Note: Geeta Gandbhir directed this doc (and “I am Evidence,” which I also rated 95/100).
Release Date: 2025
Other Unique Stuff
- The film avoids almost all reenactments by relying on real police body-cam footage. This makes it feel less like a typical true-crime doc and more like you are watching events unfold as they actually happened.
- One key detail that keeps coming up is that the fatal shot was fired through a locked door. That single fact becomes central to how people interpret the threat and the legality of the shooting.
- The documentary focuses a lot on how systems respond before a tragedy, not just after. You see repeated police visits that show warning signs building long before the final incident.
Wrap Up:
“The Perfect Neighbor” is one of those infuriating true-crime docs where you keep thinking it shouldn’t have gotten this far.
Thanks for reading!
Heather Fenty, Guest Writer, Daily Doc