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

The sadness of this story based on real events is unbearable at times. Darren Criss gives life to Andrew Cunanan, the killer of Gianni Versace. His performance reminded me that Cunanan was a human being and at the same time there is practically no room for sympathy. Cunanan in Criss's eyes is compelling, terrifying and utterly pitiful. The series uses the murder of Gianni Versace to tell us the sordid tale of his killer. The series is structured in a way that forces you to pay attention. I liked it but I seem to be in the minority there. Loved Penelope Cruz as Donatella Versace. She's great fun to watch and Edgar Ramirez is a dead ringer for the slain designer. Ricky Martin was a bizarre casting choice but Judith Light a stroke of genius. So, terrific, thank you.

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.

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.

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!...

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