This article contains discussions about sexual abuse.
Monster Season 2 gets a mixed response, even compared to Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Consisting of nine episodes, and once more from creators Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, the follow-up to Dahmer Focuses on Lyle and Erik Menendez, two brothers who murdered their parents in 1989. Although prosecutors put forward different motivations for the crime, including a possible inheritance, the siblings say they were physically and sexually abused by their father while their mother encouraged the behavior . The Monsters Season 2 cast includes Cooper Koch, Nicolas Chavez, Javier Bardem and Chloé Sevigny
Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story Has debuted with a mixed response on Rotten tomatoes. The second installment of the Netflix true crime drama Currently has a 63% critics score based on 8 reviewsBut the more detailed average reveals a less than stellar 5.70/10 rating. In terms of the community score, Monsters Coming in at 54% based on more than 100 ratings. Both scores are subject to change as more assessments are added.
Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer StoryMeanwhile, did Settled with a 57% critics score based on 30 reviews. The more detailed score comes down to 6.30/10. The audience score for Dahmer Has settled at 82% based on more than 1000 ratings. Although this reveals a difference between Dahmer And MonstersThe first installment is largely finished with adding new reviews while the new season is just beginning.
What do the reviews mean for Monsters: Lyle & Erik Menendez?
It’s an inconclusive slog.
Reviews for Monsters Generally agree that the limited series wants to have it both ways. While Demand to approach the subject with sensitivity and understandingReports concluded that the Netflix drama finally ended exploratory. Daniel Feinberg of The Hollywood Reporter Finding that the nine-part saga only partially succeeds in creating a careful and considered narrative, he said: “I don’t think Monsters is as overtly trashy as Monster. But it is unfairly long at nine hours.“
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The complaint about the runtime also comes in Aramide Tinubu’s review for Variety:”The rest of the episodes are a repetitive slog.” both Reviews contain praise for the fifth episode of the season In particular, which is a standout. In this way, the true crime series is consistent in that there are individual bright spots and high points related to these Monsters Figure. Nevertheless, this does not negate the real-life criticisms that the series has received.
Our take on the reaction to monsters
It’s not a helpful way to understand what really happened.
The Anthology has already been criticized by Erik Menendez For what he called “Naive and inaccurate” picture. Lyle’s full comments are included below, and go on to call out Netflix and Murphy by name for his part in what he described as a dishonest picture. But some of Those who sampled the series criticized it even more and echoed some of Lille’s arguments:
I believed that we had moved beyond the lies and destructive character portraits of Lyle, creating a caricature of Lyle rooted in horrible and blatant likes that are rampant in the show. I can only believe that they are done that way on purpose. It is with a heavy heart that I say, I believe Ryan Murphy cannot be so naive and inaccurate about the facts of our lives to do this without bad intention. It is sad for me to know that Netflix’s dishonest portrayal of the tragedies surrounding our crime has taken the painful truths several steps back – back through time to an era when the prosecution built a narrative on a belief system that men are not sexually abused, And that men experience rape trauma differently than women.
The unfavorable audience response to Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story Especially cries out as the anthology trivializes the abuse the brothers say they suffered Due to their father, even make insistent insinuations about the relationship between Erik and Lyle.
The excesses and creative freedom are because the Netflix series is first and foremost an entertainment product. While creators can set lofty goals, the objective is to keep viewers clicking long enough to reach them Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story ending The divisive response to the new season, especially after the controversy that Dahmer Garnered, is well-earned.
Source: Rotten tomatoes