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.
2 April 1953, Orange County, California, USA
17 June 1965, Turkey
2 December 1956, Berkeley, California, USA
1 February 1990, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14 September 1967, New York City, New York, USA
19 July 1962, Santa Barbara, California, USA
16 September 1967, New York City, New York, USA
17 August 1953, USA
8 December 1952, Troy, Michigan, USA
18 August 1958, Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA
25 March 1980, Falmouth, Florida, USA
15 September 1971, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
23 March 1947, USA
September 26, 2017
Literally like a slow motion retroactive murder you can't take your eyes off.
September 26, 2017
The Menendez Murders, in comparison, simply feels like the most high-profile case that Dick Wolf, the Law & Order impresario, could grab the rights to
September 26, 2017
Edie Falco is captivating.
September 26, 2017
It's pure dramatization, resting entirely on audience interest in this case alone. And its conceptions of the characters are disappointingly flat.
September 25, 2017
True Crime isn't about the Menendez brothers at all. It's about their lawyer.
September 26, 2017
The chung-chung chimes of the Law & Order brand have never sounded so ominous or mournful as at the start of the franchise's new foray into docudrama, with the clunky title Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders.
September 26, 2017
The pleasures of familiar facts presented in a lively, engaging way will not be denied.
September 26, 2017
The scripts, mostly written by L&O veteran Rene Balcer, do a nifty job of carving a clean narrative trail through the usual true-crime cloud of ephemera.
September 26, 2017
Just don't expect any style points or departures from the straight ahead Wolf playbook.
September 21, 2017
What results is an oddly watchable combination of Law & Order and American Crime Story.
