| FX | Season Premiere Date: January 17, 2018 |
Summary:
The second installment of Ryan Murphy's anthology focuses on the 1997 murder of fashion designer Gianni Versace (Edgar Ramirez) by Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss). Penelope Cruz stars as Donatella Versace with Ricky Martin as Gianni's partner, Antonio D'Amico.
Genre(s):
Drama, Movie/Mini-Series
Season 1 Episodes
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Jan 4, 2018
Jan 16, 2018
Versace marries the extravagant with the violent. Even when the series stretches its plot too thin, bold direction mostly makes up for it, ensuring that there is always something to look at, either beautiful or repulsive. The series is grounded by sublime performances from its cast.
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TV Guide Magazine
Jan 22, 2018
The details are less familiar than the O.J. Simpson trial, the subject of Crime Story's acclaimed first season, which makes the reverse chronology of the parallel narratives even more compelling and disturbing. [22 Jan - 4 Feb 2018, p.12]
Jan 9, 2018
The quality of Smith’s script is honored effectively through the direction of the series, by Matt Bomer, Gwyneth Horder-Payton and series creator Ryan Murphy, and through exquisite performances, beginning with that of Darren Criss. ... Ramírez is equally convincing as Versace. His physical resemblance to the designer is uncanny, but the performance is what makes the story so credible.
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Jan 16, 2018
The series is defined by an unsettling unreality that evokes the morbid interest that surrounded these events in real time. With its dogged adherence to authenticity, it creates the feeling of witnessing something illicit, suggesting that we're complicit in fulfilling Cunanan's quest to make an impression, by opting to relive his spree at all.
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Jan 3, 2018
The Assassination of Gianni Versace juggles three storylines and an innovative crimes-in-reverse structure in a way that yields a disturbing character study and an assortment of strong performances. Still, through eight of the nine episodes, it isn't quite as convincing or thematically unified as The People v. O. J. Simpson.
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Collider
Jan 17, 2018
What might have been a furious reflection on the worth of style and aesthetic as compared to the humanity encased within such frames and settings is boiled down to an extensive Wikipedia page, more interested in the facts of the case than why the case was so important and shocking to the zeitgeist in the first place.
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Jan 18, 2018
Can't wait to see the next episode! I don't know the last time I saw a show that wasn't available to binge watch but I kinda like it! Always good to have something to look forward to. I thought all of the actors were great, though Darren Criss and Penelope Cruz stood out to me the most.
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Jan 23, 2018
Definitely check this show out. This will be a strong Emmy contender, all the way around. Performances, directing, cinematography - it's a an excess of riches.
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Jan 18, 2018
Came into ACS: Versace expecting to be disappointed after the first season. It blew me away. The acting (Darren Criss & Penelope Cruz are standouts), the cinematography, the directing, the intense edge-of-your-seat storytelling. One of the best premiere episodes I've seen. Excited to see more!
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Feb 16, 2018
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Apr 12, 2018
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Jan 25, 2018
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Mar 1, 2018
It's going nowhere, sadly. Waste time. Ryan, you can do much better.........
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