American Crime Story

2016

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8.4| 0h30m| TV-MA| en| More Info
Released: 02 February 2016 Returning Series
Producted By: Color Force
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/american-crime-story
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An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.

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namseer The life of American spree killer Andrew Cunanan is explored in this series which is truly executive producer Ryan Murphy's masterpiece. Modern American themes such as the obsessive desire to be famous, a lust for wealth, societal power dynamics, and bias and discrimination against members of the LGBTQ community (including the military). Universal themes are touched on as well such as family, envy, self-destruction, guilt, ambition, creativity, and the desire for companionship and love. It's all brilliantly interwoven into the series. The direction, writing, casting, acting, and cinematography are spectacular. And as fascinating and enthralling as this 9-part series is, Darren Criss steals the show with his absolutely mesmerizing performance as Cunanan. As talented an actor as Criss is, he manages to take his acting skills to an even higher level turning in one of the most compelling dramatic performances seen on television in a long time. Criss' Cunanan is one of the most powerful portrayals of a diabolical character in the history of limited series television. Further, the structure of the series, in showing major events in Cunanan's life in reverse order, makes for a sometimes jarring and uneasy sensation which only heightens the viewing experience. If you enjoy outstanding, dramatic storytelling and top notch acting, you will greatly enjoy this series. Of note, the series features an impressive breakthrough performance by Australian actor Cody Fern who portrays Cunanan's love interest, David.
thexfiles-2012 If you take the first season of American Crime Story as its own, standalone miniseries, what you have is a thrilling account of an infamous yet crucial event in American history. Whether you are familiar with these events or not, I would wager the series remains interesting no matter what. The performances are exemplary (some, like Travolta's or Cuba's, are controversial), and everything from cinematography to pacing to dialogue is stellar. Informative and wildly entertaining. I hope Season 2 is as good.
hddu10 The death of Versace is one of those "the truth is stranger than fiction" real life dramas that captivated the world. Yet even among the facts at hand, the typical ultra-liberal Hollywood jewry had to spin this in directions to appease the status quo in La-La land. As an example, we see constant baseless digs at the Catholic church (insinuating that this could have been the reason for the whole tragedy in episode 1). And of course, in a story where nearly all the leads are Italian, they are either played by jews or Spanish-speakers (because you know..they're all pretty much alike). While Edgar Ramirez has an almost uncanny resemblance to Gianni and Penelope Cruz captures Donatella's walk and expressions very well, the moment either of them open their mouth it's like watching a bad Almadovar film (hmm...actually, is there a good one?) coupled with a Hollywood caricature. The flow, pace and non-linear story line are superb...it's just a shame the director was clueless on the subject matter.
sirenebern I have just finished watching Season 2 (The Assassination of Gianni Versace). I think this series has high production quality -- it looks gorgeous and the music pumps up the drama to operatic heights -- and good performances from the well-cast actors. Darren Criss, Edgar Ramirez and Penelope Cruz stand out. Judith Light is also compellingly brittle as Marilyn Miglin, who comes off as the Queen of Da Nile. The director uses the technique of cutting back and forth in time to reveal the motivations of the various individuals (mainly Versace's killer Andrew Cunanan), but this I found this annoying as the series went on. Like, get on with it! I also grew weary of the showmakers' obvious attempts to make the viewer pity Cunanan, and to almost beg you to excuse his brutal murders because his dad was a lying jerk and he wasn't as rich or socially successful as he thought he should be. I will give this series credit for showing how vicious Cunanan's acts were--they don't sugar-coat it too much--but viewers should be fully aware that the show's writers fill in gaping holes in the evidence with speculation, romanticized dream sequences (which I found questionable in taste considering they involve real-life murder victims who cannot speak for themselves), and just plain fiction. So enjoy "The Assassination of Gianni Versace" for what it is--dramatic, lurid TV opera loosely based on real events--and do not expect the full, true story of what happened.