If you feel satiated by all you consumed last year, it’s tempting to encourage you to be content with your memories. And yet, for a succinct recap of events, wrapped in a reminder that social media is where the notion of patiently waiting for all the info goes to die, Depp v. Heard is a brisk—and still perfectly timely—watch.
The quick turnaround means it doesn’t have the years-in-the-making poignant hindsight of a Framing Britney Spears or Malfunction: The Dressing Down of Janet Jackson, but, in this case, we’re still wading through the aftermath. Depp and Heard just attended their first post-trial movie premieres a few months ago, and it’s too soon to say what lasting effects their legal battle had on pop culture. Or even just on the two of them.
We do, however, find the hot takes guilty as charged.
Depp v. Heard is streaming on Netflix.
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