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- Netflix
- Oct 19, 2018
- Netflix
- Oct 19, 2018
Summary Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi's 10-part documentary focuses on the case of Steven Avery, a man convicted of sexual assault, before being exonerated by DNA evidence 18 years later. A few years later, he is convicted in the disappearance and murder of another woman.
- Netflix
- Oct 19, 2018
- Netflix
- Oct 19, 2018
Summary Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi's 10-part documentary focuses on the case of Steven Avery, a man convicted of sexual assault, before being exonerated by DNA evidence 18 years later. A few years later, he is convicted in the disappearance and murder of another woman.
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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46% Positive
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46% Mixed
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8% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
67
46% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
46% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
8% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Murderer has clearly learned some lessons from season 1, and the new episodes attempt to anticipate sources of potential backlash and parry them pre-emptively. ... Whether or not Murderer helps Avery and Dassey or seals their fate, it remains a vital reminder of the need for transparency in the criminal justice system. But the series never loses sight of the many human tragedies at the center of this ongoing legal saga: The murder of a beloved young woman, Teresa Halbach.
Ricciardi and Demos employ sober, straightforward aesthetics to scrupulously detail every aspect of their tale, never better than in late sequences in which Zellner explicates her theory about the actual fate that befell Halbach. Much like lawyers arguing in front of a jury, the directors present their findings with exhaustive precision, even as they craft a larger panorama of the case’s sprawling cultural connections and impact.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 174 User Ratings
8.9
89% Positive
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4% Mixed
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7% Negative
12 Ratings
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 174 User Ratings
8.9
89% Positive
155 Ratings
155 Ratings
4% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
7% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
Even thrust under the spotlight, strictly as a docu-series imbued with the compulsive, binge-worthy qualities of a thriller, "Part 2" doesn't disappoint.
It is a less shocking, more plodding, in-depth procedural that depicts the legal steps required to attempt to overturn Dassey’s conviction.
Right now, Part 2 feels like false hope, and the filmmakers would’ve been better off waiting for something to happen before pushing out another wearying report.
I admire that it's more driven by intellect than passion, while lamenting its lack of clear and smooth construction.
The docuseries is so hindered by its own blind spots that by the end of the season, it seems to be chasing its own tail, lost in a world where it only sees what it deems relevant, permissible, or just. It would be worthwhile for this series to encounter, and try to interpret, its own warped reflection.
Loved the first season but you can tell the producers didn't have enough material for a 10 episodes second season. There's so much boring filler and repeated footage from the first one. The good, interesting parts ammount to 3 episodes or so. Besides, knowing Steven and Brendan are still in prison it's like knowing the ending of a thriller before you've even seen it.
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SEASON 2
When we all researched the case after the 1st season and saw how manipulative it was, and saw the news as to how inextricably convicted Avery and Dassey are, the show still dares stir the pot by spending so much time on a desperate lawyer desperately deconstructing the prosecution theory of the case rather than pointing us to the motive and identity and evidence in support of the "real killer". It punctuates this with endless melodrama designed to make us try to care about Avery. Frankly, Dassey's story might be compelling, but Avery drags the whole thing down. Don't bother watching, you know how it ends.
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SEASON 2
Like the first MaM, this set of episodes paints two killers as the victims when the crime was committed against an innocent woman. The difference here is the killer’s attorney becomes the star of the show as she grandstands and makes up pseudo science she tells her loyal following will get the killer off. Unfortunately she is not as successful in real court as she is in the court of public opinion. Both seasons of the series are highly slanted and biased away from justice, and don’t mind impugning innocents and besmirching people’s good names along the way.
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