- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: May 5, 2021
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“Sons” has a grimy aesthetic that never feels too flashy or overproduced; this alone helps it stand apart from most true crime entertainment. But Zeman makes the mistake of accompanying Terry down his rabbit hole and thereby giving his ideas the veneer of truth. ... It vouches for him by focusing on his words, without telling us very much about him. That’s an occasionally interesting story, full of chilling possibility. But it also misses the dark forest for the trees.
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“The Sons of Sam” is so overlong as to begin to poison the viewer against what is meant to be a sympathetic subject. The recapitulation of the Son of Sam’s deeds is punishing, and what comes after often has the sketchy quality of unfinished notes.