The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

Disappointed as majority of the Italian stuff has subtitles which ruins it, shame as was really looking forward to the series, great cast and interested to see what happened but subtitles take away the drama as you're too busy reading the text to see what's really going on or appreciate the acting, gave up on episode two.

I found the first two episodes very engrossing. Amanda was true to her story. She kept everything in so far that unfortunately made her seem guilty. Hearing the Italians speak only (mostly) in Italian was core. It was great to know what they were saying via subtitles. Had they been speaking only English, the suspension of disbelief would not have been there for me. I look forward to seeing the next episodes.

Don't watch this if you want an unbiased telling of the story. Knox herself is a producer of the show. This is nothing but her side of the story, avoiding the many holes that it contains, trying to make her look as innocent as possible. Pretty gross that all these years later she is still attempting to capitalize off a murder she was likely involved in.

Show starts OK-ish, one-sided, if anything. I wanted something more nuanced, but so far we're basically getting a TV version of the 2016 Knox-PR documentary.

But even if it takes off with furter episodes, it will still get low ratings, because poor Americans have to actually read something. It always seems like a breakneck intellectual acrobatics for them.

The overall tone of this show is extremely off putting and strange to put such a teenage gossip girl edge to the narration of Amanda makes it hard to engage with. The Italian police/ prosecutors act so cartoonishly evil at times and the show seems to constantly explain that Amanda was vilified because she was so millennial cringe quirky and so pretty but not really discussing the nuances in their suspicions of her. It's weird but ultimately good that they don't explore Meredith's murder very much since I doubt her family wanted anything to do with this show. Still feels exploitative and strangely toned with fair enough acting despite a dull script.