2024 · documentary
The Menendez Brothers
Directed by Alejandro Hartmann1h 56m2024
Serving life in prison for murdering their parents, Lyle and Erik Menendez speak out in this documentary explaining the shocking crime and ensuing trials.
Our read: The Menendez Brothers (2024) reads as a heavy, steady, grounded documentary entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, steady, extreme documentary, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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