Crowded room. Author: Akiva Goldsman. Cast: Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, Lior Raz, Sasha Lane (Series, 10 episodes, AppleTv+)
Shooting at Rockefeller Center in New York. an inquiry. Lots of flashbacks. It is the geometric setting of a new series based on a true story, that of Billy Mulligan, a serial killer who starred in the 1970s and entered the history of American jurisprudence as the first convict acquitted of insanity. did. (This is not a spoiler, the series is based on a book, Wikipedia for everything else).
Although sweetened for television purposes, the series recreates the facts (with other names, here Billy is called Danny) with a tone and a look that somewhat reminds zodiac signs By David Fincher, unfortunately without the greatness of that film.
Writers certainly have other sources of inspiration shutter Island E by Martin Scorsese beautiful Mind which showrunner Akiva Goldsman served as writer (and for which he won an Academy Award).
The knots unravel slowly, episode after episode (even if longtime viewers might guess them from the beginning) but more than a thriller the series is above all a great opportunity, a star vehicleFor Tom Holland who here tries to shed the Spider-Man suit that made him famous to show off his remarkable expressive abilities.
Danny is therefore interrogated by psychiatrist Rhea (Amanda Seyfried) and thanks to her questions, we go back in time and open some boxes. Inside is a broken family, a grieving mother, a deadbeat younger brother, and an unhappy and abusive stepfather. run away from home, meet new friends, including Yitzhak (Israeli actor Lior Raz, One to One) Fouda) and Ariana (Sasha Lane Cast from the film american honey,
A beautiful cast, very unorthodox. Many details are valuable, from the opening theme song to the use of seventies music, to the photography. But the whole seemed fluctuating to me 😀 true Crime It is relegated to the background to almost exclusively underline the topic of mental illness, little by little delusional, anxiety, depression, and criminal behavior by putting them in the same pan.