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American Crime Story - Season 2
Prolific award-winning producer Ryan Murphy, whose American Horror Story franchise invented the anthology miniseries format, has come up with his next entry - a companion anthology focused each season on a different true crime story which made headlines and captivated the imagination of the public.
20 June 1963, Houston, Texas, USA
25 August 1964, Tacoma, Washington, USA
13 June 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA
22 May 1965, Rimouski, Québec, Canada
23 June 1972, Southfield, Michigan, USA
January 17, 2018
This season begins with the splashiest, most tabloid-friendly part of its narrative and pulls the audience backward into a deeper, sadder story, the majority of whose casualties are much less famous but no less deserving of our grief.January 17, 2018
... a stellar and sometimes surprising cast, matched with exacting sets and production.January 16, 2018
Edgar Ramirez makes for a commanding Versace, exuding confidence in a largely quiet depiction, and yet his understated turn doesn't undermine later scenes where Gianni is scared.January 16, 2018
[Darren] Criss' performance is so good that it upends The Assassination of Gianni Versace: Where Cuba Gooding Jr.'s lackluster performance pushed O.J. to the margins of his own story, Criss, aided by scripts, pushes everyone else aside.January 16, 2018
This new series is still well worth watching. Murphy's at his best when he takes tabloid material and, without draining away its juiciness, reframes it to grapple with serious issues.January 15, 2018
Featuring less star power than OJ but a few stellar performances of its own, Gianni Versace will be a tougher sell to casual viewers, but those who go along for this journey into the world of a sociopath will be dramatically rewarded.January 16, 2018
The decision to lean into the drama of docudrama means imposing an overdetermined shape onto the very real lives Cunanan shattered in a way that feels cynical and glib.January 17, 2018
The circumstances around Gianni Versace's murder may have been categorized by silence, but American Crime Story's take on Cunanan's killing sprees is one of the loudest and boldest sagas on television.January 17, 2018
Ultimately, this American Crime Story is an uneven and unsatisfying account of a damaged young man who sought immortality through infamy.January 17, 2018
Ryan Murphy's latest series is gruesomely intimate.