99 Words About … The needlessness of ‘Bonnie & Clyde’

By CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

11 years ago

(L to R) Emile Hirsch (“Clyde Barrow”) and Holliday Grainger (“Bonnie Parker”) star in the all-new miniseries, Bonnie & Clyde. Part-One premieres Sunday, December 8 at 9pm ET/PT followed by Part-Two on Monday, December 9, at 9pm ET/PT on Lifetime, History and A&E. Photo by Joseph Viles Copyright 2013

You have to admire the ambition of “Bonnie & Clyde” (9 p.m. Sunday and Monday), the miniseries that’s taking over Lifetime, History and A&E.

The execution, meanwhile, leaves something to be desired.

Emile Hirsch and Holliday Grainger assume the title roles; William Hurt and Holly Hunter co-star.

But it never really establishes a reason to exist.

Those four hours would be better spent watching the 1967 Warren Beatty-Faye Dunaway classic, then heading to Whiskey Pete’s in Primm to see — spoiler alert! — the duo’s “death car” and Clyde’s bullet-shredded shirt.

You may even have time left over to hit the outlet mall.

— CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE