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Like many other recent true crime adaptions, the show has nothing to say, and there's zero artistry in its lurid retelling of a man murdering his wife and son.
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
In the retelling of the Dodgers’ 2024 World Series championship, their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres is cast as their biggest hurdle, made even more dramatic after the Dodgers fell behind two games to one in that best-of-five series.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
While the series draws from Cope White's experience, Boots isn't a direct retelling of his life.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Her murder trial has been the subject of many retellings on film and TV, including the 1975 TV movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden, Lifetime’s 2014 Lizzie Borden Took an Ax and 2018’s Lizzie starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
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Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
In the retelling of the Dodgers’ 2024 World Series championship, their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres is cast as their biggest hurdle, made even more dramatic after the Dodgers fell behind two games to one in that best-of-five series.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 10 Oct. 2025
While the series draws from Cope White's experience, Boots isn't a direct retelling of his life.
—Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Her murder trial has been the subject of many retellings on film and TV, including the 1975 TV movie The Legend of Lizzie Borden, Lifetime’s 2014 Lizzie Borden Took an Ax and 2018’s Lizzie starring Chloë Sevigny and Kristen Stewart.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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