Benedict Cumberbatch impresses in brave but flawed 'Eric'

With a strong sense of place and setting, Netflix series takes on more than the mystery of a child’s disappearance

09 June 2024 - 00:00

If Netflix were taking more risks with its original drama content instead of churning out endless middling, safe-bet fare that ticks genre requirement boxes and attempts to satisfy all tastes, there’d be little to say about Eric-creator Abi Morgan’s ambitious but flawed, gloomy new genre-bending drama series. ..

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