The tale of outlaws Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow comes to the small screen in Lifetime’s Bonnie & Clyde starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Holliday Grainger (Jane Eyre, Anna Karenina). 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde still holds up, but A&E Network is apparently aiming for a younger generation of viewers to catch on to the story with this version finding Hirsch and Grainger tackling the characters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway earned Oscar nominations for portraying.
Will this Bonnie & Clyde hold up equally as well as the ’60s version? No. Is it worth investing four hours of your time over two nights? Based on the trailer, the answer’s no. But there’s always a possibility the two-part movie is better than it appears in this first video clip.
The Plot:
Bonnie & Clyde retells the fascinating tale of the legendary couple whose crime spree enraptured the American public. Rumored to have a sixth sense to see events before they happened, Barrow was always able to stay one step ahead of the law as they escaped capture time and again. His one blind spot was Parker, who was intent on becoming famous and fed on the alluring media attention, pushing Barrow to commit riskier and more dangerous crimes to generate bigger headlines and make them the most famous criminals of the modern era.
Watch the trailer:
