Review: Netflix’s 'Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile' feels weirdly in awe of Ted Bundy
Zac Efron in"Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile." By Sonia Rao Sonia Rao Pop culture reporter Email Bio Follow Reporter May 6 at 4:47 PM In the first trailer for Netflix’s “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” Hollywood heartthrob Zac Efron struts around as Ted Bundy, the infamous serial killer responsible for the sexual assaults and deaths of at least 30 women in the 1970s. Bundy is said to have been deceitfully charming, a notion the trailer seizes upon with abandon.
Now that the film has hit Netflix, which picked it up at Sundance, we face a moment of truth. “Extremely Wicked” doesn’t glorify Bundy, exactly, but it makes little effort to do the opposite. By primarily focusing on Bundy’s charade instead of his psyche, as Efron suggested, Berlinger fails to properly reckon with the brutal crimes Bundy committed.
Efron, Lily Collins and Kaya Scodelario in"Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile." The scene oddly implies that the dog can sense Bundy’s character more than the women in his life, which, if we are to believe in his trustworthy front, isn’t really their fault. By leaving all but a single murder off screen, the first two acts of “Extremely Wicked” make the case that Liz, ostensibly the film’s lens, is unaware of what Bundy does when he isn’t by her side.
Paired with Bundy mocking the judicial system in courtroom scenes as sensationalized as the television coverage from that era, the heavy focus on Liz’s denial contributes to an impression that the film marvels at the serial killer more than it interrogates his actions. When Bundy draws attention to corruption within the sheriff’s department in Florida, it feels as though viewers are supposed to root for him over the prosecutors.
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