It won Best Miniseries at this year’s Golden Globes.
Back in 2016, the first season of anthology series American Crime Story was released, which got everyone talking about The People VS OJ Simpson, mostly due to how much David Schwimmer over-used the word “Juice”.
Fast forward to 2018, and the new season of the show was released, going on to be nominated for nine Emmys (and winning three: Best Lead Actor, Best Director, and Best Limited Series), as well as winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Miniseries.
The Assassination Of Gianni Versace tells the true story of the murder of designer Gianni Versace (played by Edgar Ramirez – The Bourne Ultimatum, The Girl On The Train) by spree killer Andrew Cunanan (Darren Criss – Glee, American Horror Story). It also features Penelope Cruz as Gianni’s sister Donatella Versace, and Ricky Martin as Gianna’s partner Antonio D’Amico.
The reviews alone for the show should get you pretty excited:
“The Assassination of Gianni Versace” is more personal and heartfelt than Murphy’s The People v. O.J. Simpson, and proves that when it comes to seductive allure laced with menace, no one in TV is Murphy’s match.” – New York Post
“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.” – USA Today
“To me, the show is both balm and menace, lurid exploitation and primal scream. The series doesn’t have the seismic, prestige heft of People v. O.J., and it doesn’t share its forebear’s piercing intelligence. But in its messy and obliterating swirl, The Assassination of Gianni Versace does something ambitious and rattling. It frames a gay disaster as an intrinsically American one, binding personal values with national ones, tethering one sense of self-worth to another.” – Vanity Fair
“I’m not sure The Assassination of Gianni Versace manages to add contemporary political and cultural resonance to its serial killer story as effectively [as The People v. O.J. Simpson]. … But The Assassination of Gianni Versace is nonetheless extremely insightful, as well as consistently entertaining.” – Boston Globe
All nine episodes of American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianna Versace are available to watch on Netflix right now.
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