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Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (TV Miniseries)

Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders

2017

Rene Balcer (Creator), Lesli Linka Glatter

Edie Falco, Heather Graham, Gus Halper, Julianne Nicholson ...

6.0

117

TV Series. Drama. Mystery. Thriller When the Menendez brothers were tried on national TV for brutally killing their parents in Beverly Hills, their story became a national obsession. Now, the first edition of this anthology series delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling.

	Author	Review
United States	Sonia Saraiya Variety	"It’s hard to deny how compulsively watchable and generally entertaining it is. But 'Law & Order' accomplishes that through artifice, not honesty"	NEU
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[It] still works (...) The smartest thing 'Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders' does is distance itself from the brand quickly."	POS
United States	Kristi Turnquist Portland Oregonian	"Rene Balcer's writing and Lesli Linka Glatter's direction keep things moving, and if these two episodes don't promise anything terribly deep, they're packed with enough good performances and details"	POS
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"The two episodes made available to critics efficiently set many of the pieces in place (...) The series was created by Rene Balcer, whose writing staff does a very good job with the script to make it feel real"	POS
United States	Danette Chavez AV Club	"Not only is the cast stacked and the story lurid, but we can't wait to see what the 'Law & Order' equivalent of 'Juice' is."	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Lyle and Erik Menendez, however, are no O.J. Simpson (...) Edie Falco and Josh Charles try to act their way around distracting hairpieces"	NEU

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