There are those who say that say he was suicidal all the time and there are those that say he wasn’t the depressed gloomy guy that is put forth by the media. So it doesn’t destroy any credibility for the film to take in to account that they theorize that his suicidal tendencies where blown out of proportion or that he wasn’t suicidal at the time. Even if things took a turn and he was suicidal at the time of his death, it doesn’t mean that it was impossible he was murdered.

No matter what you think of the quality of the acting and visual aspects of the film the information provided within it shouldn’t be ignored out of hand. This is not a film arguing a huge elaborate coverup, its arguing that the police didn’t investigate it properly and failed to dig further past the surface clues. Its arguing that a woman who has a known history of violent and criminal behavior was facing the possibility of loosing out on millions in a divorce, giving her a huge motive. Then there is the heroin blood level evidence which would make Kurt Cobain the first documented individual who could remain conscious and able to function with a triple lethal dose of heroin in his blood. These are serious factors to take in to account. It can’t be dismissed with "Well he was suicidal and a really heavy drug user." No matter what you believe, the film clearly shows that the police investigation conducted in 1994 was extremely sloppy. For that alone, the case should be reopened.

It’s hard to take a review very seriously when the writer in the very beginning of the piece expounds on his negative outlook on the overall content of the film. So one can’t really make an argument that the film was seen with an objective viewpoint, rather it was viewed with a totally negative frame of mind. Perhaps he should have recused himself from this assignment that would have been the proper thing to do.

Mr. Kovak informs his readers that when Mr. Cobain died he “never deified Kurt Cobain, and accepted his tragic fate with grace while continuing to enjoy his music, which is a reaction that I believe Cobain would have supported.”

How very nice of you to tell us that! You simply accepted his fate because you choose to listen to all the false propaganda and reporting in the media which was being orchestrated by Courtney Love. If you watched the movie you would have learned this because there’s no getting around this fact.

Then of course the writer had to give the mandatory hat’s off to Mr. Morgen for his “excellent Cobain doc “Montage of Heck.”

Clearly Mr. Kovak was taken by the continuation of the fiction that was started in April 1994. I know it’s easier to believe this story, primarily because that’s what you have always been fed.

According to recent statements from Kurt Cobain"s self proclaimed mentor and close friend, Buzz Osbourne, 90% of this film is bullshit, his words, not mine. Mr. Kovak must have missed this I guess.

To entertain any doubt of the accepted storyline of suicide here would be akin to blasphemy to many. But those dedicated to trying to find the answers to the many inconsistencies and unanswered questions in this case are of course labeled “nut jobs” by holier than thou writers like Mr. Kovak.

“a typical conspiracy theory documentary that makes many leaps in credibility in order to support its narrative being one of them”

I would challenge this writer to elaborate on the above statement, because I saw no “leaps” in order to support it’s narrative. What I saw was a narrative of facts that cannot be disputed.

“As far as credibility is concerned, “Soaked in Bleach” is a couple of levels above the usual nutjob conspiracy theory documentaries found on YouTube”.

Really Mr. Kovak, How dare you! There are hundreds of thousands of “nut jobs” out there who have chosen to take a look at the many, I repeat many, inconsistencies and unanswered questions in this case. They are simply asking for another review of the case. If that makes me a “nutjob” in your book, so be it! I on the other hand would label you a person who chooses to ignore the unanswered questions, and turn your back on a plausible narrative that quite possibly could be the truth. Or as John Lennon would have said, you’re a “uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritic”

You choose to ignore these inconsistencies and unanswered questions because you “accepted his tragic fate with grace”. That to me is a coward’s outlook, someone who doesn’t have the courage to stand up and question things when they deserve to be questioned. This case deserves to be questioned and reexamined by an independent agency.

Here is another gem:

“Cobain wouldn’t have had the energy to kill himself “

That would be an under statement, Mr. Kovak. He would have been dead. That is according to every expert in the field, including me as I have worked with heroin addicts for twenty years.

“What don’t really hold water are the arguments against the hypothesis that Cobain was suicidal almost all of his life, which remain circumstantial at best and makes the doc look desperate to sell its murder theory.”

Really loved that opening sentence! Editing does wonders!

But again, the writer of this review refuses to acknowledge the facts as presented in the movie and by many others of the course of the last 21 years.

Mr. Cobain like millions of other people have felt
suicidal over the course of their lifetimes. That does not equate to actually acting on it. The only one pontificating about Kurt Cobain committing suicide before and after he died was his wife, Courtney Love.

His friends, his business associates and even Kurt Cobain himself have stated otherwise. I will not pretend to know his exact frame of mind during this time, like you and other hack writers have done. I base my feelings solely on every thing I have read, about his state of mind during that specific time period, nothing else.

As clinician I know very well that people with depression can be treated and do get better. While he may not have been treated, I do think he was getting better, and clearer and that is why he was leaving his wife. That was not a decision of a suicidal man. Far from it, it was a decision of a very sane man!

He was also was utterly devoted and adored his daughter and spoke many times of how happy she made him. If you have any doubt about that just look at his face in the pictures with her, a proud father.

The best thing I can say about this review is that Mr. Kovak would be:
“open to the idea that a new investigation might be useful, while taking the rest of the story with a grain of salt.”

I was so relieved to read that watching Soaked In Bleach was not a complete waste of his time! Now put those words into action Mr. Kovak, and help get that accomplished!

As the film suggests in the opening, "You decide."

There are those who say that say he was suicidal all the time and there are those that say he wasn\’t the depressed gloomy guy that is put forth by the media. So it doesn\’t destroy any credibility for the film to take in to account that they theorize that his suicidal tendencies where blown out of proportion or that he wasn\’t suicidal at the time. Even if things took a turn and he was suicidal at the time of his death, it doesn\’t mean that it was impossible he was murdered.

No matter what you think of the quality of the acting and visual aspects of the film the information provided within it shouldn\’t be ignored out of hand. This is not a film arguing a huge elaborate coverup, its arguing that the police didn\’t investigate it properly and failed to dig further past the surface clues. Its arguing that a woman who has a known history of violent and criminal behavior was facing the possibility of loosing out on millions in a divorce, giving her a huge motive. Then there is the heroin blood level evidence which would make Kurt Cobain the first documented individual who could remain conscious and able to function with a triple lethal dose of heroin in his blood. These are serious factors to take in to account. It can\’t be dismissed with "Well he was suicidal and a really heavy drug user." No matter what you believe, the film clearly shows that the police investigation conducted in 1994 was extremely sloppy. For that alone, the case should be reopened.

This is a must see film for anyone and everyone.

When world leading experts such as Dr Cyril Wecht, who has lead over 38,000 cases to date, can prove that is was scientifically IMPOSSIBLE for Cobain to have shot himself, as well as scientific explanation to have proved it impossible for Kurt to have shot himself due to the position of the gun, i will definitely trust the expert rather than a hack writer such as yourself. Please don’t try to outwit the experts, it does you no credit.

The icing on the cake has got to be your perspective on ‘Montage Of Heck’ a (quote) ‘loving tribute to Cobain as a human being’. Since you are so certain about what ‘Cobain would have supported’, I would defy any REAL fan of Kurt to question whether Kurt would have enjoyed his drug taking and general ‘dirty laundry’ aired for the whole world to see? For someone famously so private and sensitised, Montage was character assassination of Cobain that lacked in empathy and felt too voyeuristic for my liking at least. I felt that Soaked In Bleach celebrated the strength and courage of Nirvana and other Washington State bands, and honoured Kurt as a human being in the short footage they included of Aberdeen and interview with his friends. Your snarky note treating the investigation ‘as if it was a Kennedy assassination’ was the nail in the coffin.

"I\’ve been relieved of so much pressure in the last year and a half," Cobain says with discernible relief in his voice. "I\’m still kind of mesmerized by it." … If it wasn\’t for this band, those things never would have happened. I\’m really thankful, and every month I come to more optimistic conclusions. I just hope," Cobain adds, grinning, "I don\’t become so blissful I become boring. I think I\’ll always be neurotic enough to do something weird."