Colin firth looks absolutely nothing like michael peterson,
but then wow, he perfectly captures peterson's speaking style, accent, behavior, everything. It's almost more entertaining watching him perfectly nail every beat in imitating the man than it is watching the man himself.
As for watching the man himself, this is definitely the sort of series that only benefits from watching alongside the original documentary series it's based on. Given that this series is 8 episodes and the documentary series is 13, it would probably help to watch 2 episodes of the documentary for every 1 episode of the series after a certain point.
The casting for most of the characters is incredible, and rather than being a basically side by side comparison with the documentary, it delves rather extensively into flashbacks, giving toni collette's plenty of screen time as kathleen peterson, including a quick but brutal re-enactment of one of the possible scenarios that unfolded on the staircase.
Mercifully, few liberties are taken with the story, and it isn't really streamlined for a broader audience. This is very clearly a situation where if the case itself and the people involved do not interest you, then this series will not interest you.
It's fun once in a while to get stuff like this; complex and niche stories told for a niche audience rather than trying to flatten itself out to appeal to as many people as possible and thus appealing to no one.
but then wow, he perfectly captures peterson's speaking style, accent, behavior, everything. It's almost more entertaining watching him perfectly nail every beat in imitating the man than it is watching the man himself.
As for watching the man himself, this is definitely the sort of series that only benefits from watching alongside the original documentary series it's based on. Given that this series is 8 episodes and the documentary series is 13, it would probably help to watch 2 episodes of the documentary for every 1 episode of the series after a certain point.
The casting for most of the characters is incredible, and rather than being a basically side by side comparison with the documentary, it delves rather extensively into flashbacks, giving toni collette's plenty of screen time as kathleen peterson, including a quick but brutal re-enactment of one of the possible scenarios that unfolded on the staircase.
Mercifully, few liberties are taken with the story, and it isn't really streamlined for a broader audience. This is very clearly a situation where if the case itself and the people involved do not interest you, then this series will not interest you.
It's fun once in a while to get stuff like this; complex and niche stories told for a niche audience rather than trying to flatten itself out to appeal to as many people as possible and thus appealing to no one.