As another reviewer noted, there are many inaccuracies (Jose Menendez had been a music executive at the company formerly known as RCA when the family resided on the east coast, but he became an executive in the film industry in California, etc). The actors did a decent job, especially Edward James Olmos as the evil, monstrous and abusive patriarch, Jose Menendez. His performance literally gave me chills.
However, this is not the best dramatic representation of this case (that honor goes to the "Law & Order: True Crime" miniseries) and as with the previous TV movie, it was produced at the conclusion of the first trial, so the outcome of the case is excluded. There's also the fact that this was in large part based on the biased and gossip-ridden articles on the case written by Dominick Dunne for Vanity Fair Magazine, so this miniseries is very much in favor of the prosecution.
However, this is not the best dramatic representation of this case (that honor goes to the "Law & Order: True Crime" miniseries) and as with the previous TV movie, it was produced at the conclusion of the first trial, so the outcome of the case is excluded. There's also the fact that this was in large part based on the biased and gossip-ridden articles on the case written by Dominick Dunne for Vanity Fair Magazine, so this miniseries is very much in favor of the prosecution.