Inside Look: The Assassination of Gianni Versace - American Crime Story

After reading a few reviews I decided to watch 8-1 then lastly 9. Bingeworthy! Great actors, amazing acting, beautiful scenes.

I started watching the first 3 episodes and was getting increasingly frustrated by this format of jumping back in time every new episode, I'd recorded the whole series and after reading other reviews I thought I'd rather watch the story unfold in the normal time frame. Whoever thought of showing the story the way they did needs a jolly good talking to. My advice is watch the episodes 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 9 in that order forget that that it's called "The Assassination of Gianni Versace", in fact get a sticker and write "The Life, Loves and Deaths of Gianni Versace's Assassin" and stick that on the box, then it'll all make a lot more sense and be a great deal more watchable.

Darren Criss as Andrew Cunanan makes your skin crawl and that should tell you something about his talent ! Watch it for this young actor's phenomenal portrayal of a psychotic killer.

Honestly this series scared me to the core and that's very rare! The acting is sublime in it and Darren Criss was phenomenal in his role! I can't say I enjoyed it because it was so uncomfortable and eerie to watch! A masterpiece portrayal into the mind of a psychotic killer. I personally never felt any empathy for the character thankfully! I did however feel so so sorry for Andrews ex lover David Madsen! So so sad!...Anyone calling this series bad has not watched the same thing I have!...

'The Assasination of Gianni Versace' doesn't in fact tell us very much about the murdered designer; everything it does say is flattering, although his family gets a rougher treatment. But really, this is the story of his murderer, serial killer Andrew Cunanan. Serial killers are thankfully rare and arguably over-attended to in the media, but Cunanan turns out to be pretty interesting: someone who convinced themselves that if they could only self-improve enough they would, and be entitled to, be able to be anything they wanted. The style of the series is glossy and somewhat wooden, and a shorter, more naturalistic (and chronological) telling of Cunanan's tale would arguably have been better, though it would have lacked the hook of his almost accidental connection to his last, and most famous, victim. As it is, it's still compelling, although a little heavy-handed in places.