In not credibly depicting 1980s Manhattan, the limited series with Benedict Cumberbatch has little worthwhile to say about the present
Imaginary friends are a real trend in film and television at the moment, but it’s one critics are hoping screenwriters outgrow soon., and its plethora of pretend pals is still in theatres., has landed on Netflix, with Benedict Cumberbatch voicing its title character – a big blue monster who bobbles around creator Abi Morgan ’s corrupt and vice-ridden vision of 1980s Manhattan.
One day, after overhearing a particularly nasty fight between his dad and long-suffering mom, Edgar disappears on a short solo walk to his school.Set in 1980s New York, Eric is a new emotional thriller from Abi Morgan following a father's desperate search when his nine-year-old son, Edgar , disappears one morning on the way to school.
Eric takes up a lot of space in the series – and the seven-foot furry just doesn’t leave enough room for the convincing inclusion of everything else Morgan , the Black, gay missing persons detective who is assigned to Edgar’s case. He’s navigating a police department where the racism and homophobia is overt – and the corruption isn’t exactly kept hidden.
continues to unspool, Morgan seems to want the story of Edgar’s disappearance to get out the way, too.
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