REVIEW: Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024)

Review: Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story (2024)

I really liked Demon: TeaThat Jeffrey Dahmer Story When it airs on Netflix in 2022. It was tense, well acted and shocking. I've heard of the Menendez brothers before, and at my job, we listened to a podcast about them, so I was immediately sold on Season 2, Demon: TeaThat Lyle and Eric Menendez storyThe Menendez trials were before my time, and I had only become interested in this kind of thing a year or two earlier. But after hearing the testimony of his cousins ​​and psychologists, I believed the allegations of abuse. It all feels very raw and real. So, my only concern with the series was how it would be portrayed, especially when the show is literally demonThen, Eric Menendez spoke out against the show through his wife Tammy. You can see his full statement here. Anyway, I still wanted to watch the show so I could make my own assessment, but it was worrying. I think the brothers should have been sentenced to some time or reprimanded in some way because they killed people, especially their parents, and we can't ignore that. But life in prison is very cruel after their experience, especially Eric. Let's dive in and see how demon Handles this delicate subject matter.

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demon It begins after the Menendez brothers brutally murder their parents. They attend funeral services, live on their father's lavish estate and blame the crime on the mafia. However, younger brother Eric cannot handle the weight of his actions and cracks, and confides everything to his therapist. This causes problems when Dr. Ozzie calls Lyle and asks him to come to the office for a talk. Lyle threatens Dr. Ozzie and scolds Eric for revealing his secrets. What unfolds is a mixture of truth and fiction, flashbacks and courtroom drama. demon An attempt has been made to demonstrate several different perspectives on how and why the brothers killed their parents. In the end, they were imprisoned and eventually separated into different prisons. They lose everything, even each other.

acting in demon The next level is. I think Cooper Koch (Eric), Nathan Lane (journalist Dominic Dunne), Javier Bardem (Jose Menendez), and Ari Graynor (Eric's lawyer, Leslie Abramson) will get awards for this. Cooper Koch displays such vulnerability and range of emotions demonEspecially in episode 5, “The Hurt Man.” This episode is also remarkably well directed. It's essentially a half-hour tracking shot of Eric talking to his lawyer in jail. He details the worst aspects of the abuse he suffered and how he felt while referencing his heinous acts. The camera slowly—almost imperceptibly—zooms in on Cooper's Eric, and leaves Grainer's Leslie Abramson behind. It is horrifying, deeply disturbing and personal. I'm always impressed when they can make an extended dialogue sequence look so engaging, let alone a full episode. Cooper Koch steals the show, but I don't want it to seem like he's giving the only good performance. I love Nathan Lane and this is my favorite performance of his that I've seen. Lane plays a grieving father who expresses his pain to someone wrongly accused of a violent crime. His daughter did not get justice; His killer was allowed to walk free after strangulation. But his mistake comes in equating the cases he saw with his. Dominic and the others make fun of the “abuse excuse”, believing that Leslie is lying and uses it for all of her clients. Ari Graynor plays Abramson as Eric's tireless guardian angel, determined to save the boy he believes has been wronged his entire life. Frequent Ryan Murphy collaborator Leslie Grossman plays Dr. Oziel's infamous lover Judelon Smith. She is a single woman who is derailing the trial by talking about her affair with the doctor and performing sexual acts for free medical attention. Dallas Roberts plays Dr. Oziel, who is more interested in business than professional ethics in the series. Jose and Kitty Menendez are played by Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny, another Murphy favorite. Bardem is always reliable, and he gives an excellent performance here. Intimidating, commanding, and extremely charismatic, you can easily imagine how someone like Jose could have such a hold over his children. I wondered if Joss and Kitty were supposed to be “monsters”, but I guess the show wants the audience to decide that.

And this is where I take issue. this is real life; The story of the Menendez brothers really happened. No matter how you look at it or what you believe, a family is broken. No matter what happened or who was at fault, it is devastating. But I don't think it's good for a TV show to portray it as if we don't know what happened. I know some people will argue that none of us were in that room, and none of us knew Josh and Kitty personally. This is all true, but I find it convenient that the phrasing is “believe the women” rather than “believe the victims.” And in 1989, when the crime happened, it wasn't cool to accuse people of rape like it is now. This did not happen every day. I don't understand portraying this story as a choose-your-own-adventure, multiple choice affair. I don't see Dr. Ozil or Dominic Dunne's approach as that of brothers. This also creates real technical problems. For example, in the finale, “Hang Men”, we see the boys being taken to various prisons in a final act of cruelty. It works perfectly in music, performance and film production. The vans split up, and the brothers become wary, separated from the thing they loved most: each other. It's a perfect ending, and I can't for the life of me understand why the show goes on for one more scene after this. It's a scene that shows something we can only speculate about: a conversation between two boys on a fishing trip. It's designed to make them look like cold-blooded killers, and I can only imagine that's why it was included. It's kind of a quip, but I don't like the background music of the show, especially female singing. They are very strict about it and it is distracting. However, I really liked the songs used, like Crowded House's “Don't Dream It's Over” and various Milli Vanilli tracks. I don't necessarily like these songs, but they're fun and/or used well.

demon There is something wrong. It's packed with great performances and episode 5 is worth a watch in its own right. However, its narrative is non-committal, almost as if the show itself is a trial, and we are the jurors, left to decide for ourselves. But it's not just a show; it is not RashomoN. This really happened. It's a tough decision, but although I got some enjoyment from the show, I wouldn't recommend it due to ethical reasons and authenticity. After the wonderful “The Hurt Man” the show really falls apart in the second half. i think it should have had a season American Crime Story More fact-driven; OJ Simpson also appears briefly TeaHe Lyle and Eric Menendez STeaeaves,

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