CHAOS: The Manson Murders
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): March 7, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

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60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 7, 2025
“CHAOS” ends up suggesting that the Manson murders were a grand plot, orchestrated from on high (by the CIA? the Deep State? Nixon?) to turn America against the counterculture. I don’t believe that theory for a second, but there’s one way I think it stays true to the spirit of Charles Manson: It’s pure madness. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDaniel FienbergMar 7, 2025
It’s a complicated meta-commentary delivered loosely in the guise of a ghoulish conspiracy thriller, presented in rushed form to an audience that would happily devour many more hours of the actual ghoulish conspiracy thriller that this is not. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMar 7, 2025
Maybe the Manson murders are not meant for easy explanation, which in part seems to be what Morris is getting at. Maybe we’ll never really know the answers. But we don’t seem to be able to stop looking for them. Read full review
60
The Daily BeastNick SchagerMar 7, 2025
For all its avenues of inquiry, however, it never quite gels into more than a collection of tantalizing but unfounded theories. Read full review
50
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreMar 7, 2025
There’s a bitter irony to the fact that, whether due to access issues or an inability to wrangle what he wanted from his material, in retreading the Manson details, Morris has made something that feels a lot closer to that omnipresent slop than to the work that inspired it. Read full review
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