User Reviews

This is an absorbing and intriguing actual legal case. The performances are stellar. There are 3 plausible scenarios for what happened to Kathleen., and which one is true? It keeps you guessing. The addition of black characters (judges,etc) to replace the original white ones bespeaks of wokism, but it did not derail from the gravity of this production.

It's fine, Slow and dire like most docudramas nowadays it's not perfect. It's just a money making attempt really.

A much as I love true crime and yearn for more of it, this series was slow, littered with untruths/exaggerations, and poor casting choices for my taste. Colin Firth was the wrong man to play Michael Peterson, not because he did a bad job, but because he's Colin Firth. The heavily accented accent he has makes it very difficult for him to play an American, let alone one who illustrates such eccentric grammar and use of language as Peterson. Toni Collette for my money was also not a great choice for the role of Kathleen, again nothing to do with her work, it just didn't work for me. This series goes in a bunch of different directions both past, present and future from the day of Kathleens death which really gives a tunnel view opinion to everything outside of the particular night Kathleen dies. The director really wants to capture the family dynamic here, which is a brave ambition. At the end of the day unless you go through something like this yourself it becomes impossible to capture it from a personal perspective. My advice is to watch the 05 doc, it's not only more entertaining but educational alike.

Do Yourself a favour, and watch documentary, instead of this way too long, full of unimportant nonsense, woke show.

The documentary was amazing. stop comparing between them. This is a good show.. especially for the people who don't know the story.. the way we see Kathleen's in different minds was a great idea to add. wonderful cast, and Antonio Campos made the story more mysterious.. love it

Awful. Just awful. How Colin Firth and Toni Colette agreed to be part of this is perplexing. I watched Jean-Xavier de Lestrade's 2005 award-winning eight-part documentary before watching this. And it was a far better watch than this mess. They honestly shouldn't have bothered.

It started slow but certainly riveting. Colin Firth and Toni Collette are top notch.

High production values but slow, with a family backstory that isn't well-drawn and remains confusing. I tuned in because of Firth and Collette, and quit after episode 3 because of a scene I can't erase from my head. (I'm not referring to anything bloody, which is explicit as well but not surprising in a murder story like this.) What were these two distinguished actors thinking?