John Lennon: Murder Without A Trial

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Season 1
Metascore
67

Generally favorable reviews - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

Critic Reviews

  1. The Guardian
    Reviewed by: Jack Seale
    Dec 5, 2023
    60
    A profoundly strange cultural moment is well captured. With Lennon gone, however, the onus is on Chapman to maintain the narrative and he just isn’t a terribly interesting murderer.
  2. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: John Anderson
    Dec 5, 2023
    60
    "John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial," in a sense, attempts to be the Warren Commission of the ex-Beatle's death, without magic bullet or grassy knoll. It's a tall order. .... A must-see, certainly for any Beatles completist. .... But for all the commentary about how nothing has changed, things have in fact changed. The show just doesn't address how.
  3. Decider
    Reviewed by: Johnny Loftus
    Jan 3, 2024
    40
    Viewers who aren’t familiar with the facts surrounding the killing will find them well-presented in John Lennon: Murder Without a Trial, buttressed by eyewitness interviews. But ultimately, this docuseries is a SKIP IT. Conspiracy theories alluded to don’t materialize, and we’re left with a docuseries that wants to apply the structure of generic true crime to a momentous celebrity death.