The Sherlock star returns to the small screen with the new Netflix miniseries Eric.
miniseries Eric , in which he plays a puppeteer called Vincent who must battle his own demons in order to save his missing nine-year-old sonconvinced that if he turns his son’s drawing of a blue monster called Eric into a life-size puppet and gets him TV, Edgar will return home.
“Eric is an original new mystery surrounding the disappearance of a nine-year-old boy; the real mystery, though, is how anyone convinced Netflix to make this show at all. That’s not to say Eric is bad — in fact, it’s one of the most original Netflix Originals in some time.” “Netflix’s new limited series from Abi Morgan has a complex exploration of racial inequality and capitalist oppression nestled inside its fuzzy-monster-puppet exterior. By attempting to connect the two tales, Morgan diminishes the effect of each, leaving viewers with an overly complicated narrative that nonetheless comes to a predictable conclusion.”“There are worse crimes for a series to commit than an overabundance of ambition. But a disappointing show is a disappointing show.
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