Menendez: Blood Brothers

TV Movie
2017
TV-14
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

578

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Courtney Love, Nico Tortorella, and Myko Olivier in Menendez: Blood Brothers (2017)

True Crime Biography Crime Drama

This film explores the inner lives and motivation behind the murders of entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty at the hands of their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989.This film explores the inner lives and motivation behind the murders of entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty at the hands of their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989.This film explores the inner lives and motivation behind the murders of entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty at the hands of their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989.

Directors
- Fenton Bailey
- Randy Barbato
Writer
- Abdi Nazemian
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.8/10

578

YOUR RATING

Directors
- Fenton Bailey
- Randy Barbato
Writer
- Abdi Nazemian
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

Goofs
Jose and Kitty Menendez were murdered in 1989, but a close-up of the bookshelf when they were shot in this film reveals book titles and editions of titles that were published after their deaths.

Quotes
Erik Menendez: [lying on a bench in the prison workout arena, lifting a weighted bar over his head; puts it down] I wanna tell Leslie.
Lyle Menendez: [looking elsewhere] About what?
Erik Menendez: Dad.
[sits up]
Erik Menendez: About what he did to us.
Lyle Menendez: [walks past him] Are you nuts?
Erik Menendez: We don't have a case. And they have those tapes.
Lyle Menendez: [hushed] Do you know what they'll do to us in here if they find out our dad molested us?
Erik Menendez: [stands] I'm tired of keeping secrets.
Lyle Menendez: [goes on the bench to lift] I'll tell you what. You can tell her he beat you up, okay? Leave out the rest. The last time you told anyone else the truth, you put us in prison.
[weights clang and two prisoners look at them]
Erik Menendez: [leans over to Lyle] I'm not the one who confessed on tape. That was you.
[Lyle unaffectedly begins lifting arduously as Erik walks away]

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Featured review

7/10

What a tragedy

I too believe that these men need a mistrial. That some of the elements of the sexually abusing and general unethical behavior of the father and mother were inadmissible in court is so questionable at best. At some point, this twisted story that was created wholly by the parents should be seen by an impartial jury in its entirety. It seemed like these boys were guilty in the court of public opinion by a public trial (why?). The public didn't like these attractive rich kids. It shouldn't matter if people like them or not. Let the facts speak for themselves. Hopefully time has allowed public perception of abuse to be seen as it really is, deeply damaging and life altering. These two deserve a second chance at a life.