• Network: NBC
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 26, 2017
User Score
6.5

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 25
  2. Negative: 4 out of 25
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  1. Sep 27, 2017
    9
    I am not usually in to shows like this and they usually bore me however this completely kept my interest somehow it was entertaining while the shows like it dragged I really liked the lead lady mrs falsco is a terrific prosecutor and lawyer you really cant go wrong watching this show its just that brilliant I highly suggest watching it
  2. Nov 15, 2017
    8
    A compelling TV drama series, especially for someone who is not familiar with the details of the Menendez brothers case. The series is sympathetic to them, and the story is told from the perspective of their attorney, played to a T by Edie Falco. Some TV series go on and on almost endlessly, and you wish they would get to the point. I wished this one wouldn't end.
  3. Oct 14, 2017
    10
    Great crime series law and order true crimes the menendez murders gets you hooked it's a great show they got sexual assault by there father and the mother let it happen that made them motive
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 29
  2. Negative: 2 out of 29
  1. Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Sep 28, 2017
    60
    I enjoyed [the first two episodes] in the same way I once enjoyed the original “Law & Order,” as an entertaining but not challenging way to pass some time. Also, amid all the workmanlike performances, Edie Falco is captivating as Leslie Abramson, the defense attorney with trademark blond curls, and Josh Charles is effectively creepy as the morally abhorrent therapist Dr. Jerome Oziel. But The Menendez Murders has very little of the breadth and context that distinguished “American Crime Story.”
  2. TV Guide Magazine
    Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Sep 28, 2017
    50
    The verdict is still out after the first two chapters, which merely seem guilty of dramatic exploitation. [2-15 Oct 2017, p.15]
  3. Reviewed by: Glenn Garvin
    Sep 26, 2017
    75
    The scripts, mostly written by L&O veteran Rene Balcer, do a nifty job of carving a clean narrative trail through the usual true-crime cloud of ephemera.