Louis Theroux: America's Most Hated Family in Crisis

America's Most Hated Family in Crisis is a 2011 BBC documentary film presented and written by Louis Theroux, who revisits the family at the core of the Westboro Baptist Church. It is a follow up to 2007's The Most Hated Family in America, also written and presented by Theroux.

The documentary first aired on BBC Two in the United Kingdom on 3 April 2011 at 9pm. It received mainly positive reviews from critics, with the Metro calling it "terrifying". The documentary had 3.33 million viewers and was BBC Two's most watched programme of that week.

Reception

America's Most Hated Family in Crisis received mainly positive reviews. AOL television's Mic Wright said "America's Most Hated Family In Crisis proved once again why Louis Theroux is such an enduring explorer of the oddest and most awful corners of the world". The Irish Times's Bernice Harrison said "The excitement of seeing Theroux back on screen with a new documentary soon wore off". Rachel Tarley of the Metro said "America's Most Hated Family In Crisis was terrifying" and "It really looked like it could just have been an excellent spoof film about religious extremism in America. Unfortunately, you can tell it's real is because you just couldn't make this stuff up".

The Daily Post commented that the programme was an "extraordinary piece of television". Onthebox.com's Rhiannon Jones gave it four out of five stars, saying "Louis himself is less his trademark, benign objectivist, and more challenging of the group's relentless twattery. The only question he doesn't address – but, why would he – is whether it's un-ethical to publicise them at all, and reward them for their shocking views with the attention those views are so transparently designed to attract".The Independent's Oliver Duggan said "[it was] truly captivating".The Liverpool Echo's Paddy Shennan said "Louis provides great publicity."

Source: wikipedia