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I knew very little about the Menendez brothers. I knew about the killings and about the molestation defense. But that's about it. The luridness of the story kept me at a distance but now, in this compelling Ryan Murphy series I was hooked from the very first episode. I could watch it as a work of fiction but the fact that it was a true story made me look back and read about it. Oh my God! There are no likeable characters in this saga but really good performances and that's enough to keep you glued to it. And here I discovered Cooper Koch as Erik Menendez. He took over my senses from beginning to end, including the episode that is just him. Superb performance and the humanity he finds in his monster makes you want to rethink the whole thing and believe them/him. He will make re-watch the series again, soon.

To think I originally dismissed this movie completely and now, after finally having seeing it, it has become one of the best movies I've seen in some time. The surprises are constant, first I had never heard of of the Von Erich, I didn't know the director and I knew Zac Efron. All details that under normal circumstances would have kept me away but. Oh my goodness! What a wonderful movie, beautifully written and directed and then Zac Efron! A performance of such beauty and of such truth that made me want to see the movie again, immediately. I didn't, but I will. It moved me and shattered me because I believed him. He's not alone, Jeremy Allen White is also superb and the last minutes of the movie found me with tears running down my face. Terrific.

Oh my God! It took me completely by surprise and once you reach the 4th episode you're inexorably part of it. We know all there is to know even if it doesn't make any sense. We're told this is a true story. Richard Gaad, the author and star of this series doesn't keep anything to himself. He tells us in the most appalling detail, Is this a story that he's telling us, a memory, a dream a nightmare or a confession. Sometimes it feels as if its a bit of all of it. I don't want to tell you too much because the surprises are part of the sickening thrill of sitting through this unsettling tale. Let me just tell you that the leads, Richard Gaad and Jessica Gunning are out of this world. Superb.