The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

The storytelling was quite entertaining, and personally I loved the use of both Italian and English. However, the policemen etc were SO cartoonishly evil and sadistic that it robbed credibility from the entire plotline. It was very infantile and I cringed at every single policeman scene. It also really felt like Italians=villains and Americans=heroes. A bit annoying to watch overall, which is a shame because I thought her acting was good, it is a visually appealing series and the story itself deserves to be told.

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.

Everyone who dislikes the Italian sub titles doesn't get it!! Of course Amanda's interactions need to show the disconnect with her not understanding the language. She responded the best way she could; with not always understanding what was being asked of her. THAT IS WHY ALL THE SUBTITLES!!! We are suppose to feel the frustration/disconnect; just like she did being in a foreign country.

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.

Five minutes in and the sinking feeling kicks in. Twenty minutes or so later and it's time to jettison. Nothing about this works. Nothing clicks. Poor acting, direction, script, accents... not naming names re the latter as am a huge fan but they are failing here.

You would have thought that at the very least, the first episode would have been a slam dunk given the events and yet, it's dull, dumb and with weird direction and dialogue choices.