A new Netflix series starring Benedict Cumberbatch is being called “brutal” by internet users, who also warned that the production “is not for everyone”.
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Released on May 30, the series Eric, created by Abi Morgan and directed by Lucy Forbes, is set in 1980s New York and follows a desperate father whose nine-year-old son disappears one morning while on his way to school.
Vincent, played by Cumberbatch, is one of the city’s leading puppeteers and creator of a popular children’s TV show, Good Day Sunshine. Struggling to cope with the loss, he clings to his son’s drawings of a blue monster named Eric and becomes convinced that if he can get the character on TV, his son will return.
“As Vincent’s progressively destructive behavior alienates his family, colleagues, and the detectives trying to help him, it is Eric, a delusion of need, who becomes his only ally in the attempt to bring his son home,” adds the synopsis.
On X (formerly Twitter), viewers commented on the series and Cumberbatch’s “excellent” performance. “It is not for everyone, [talks about] addiction, child abduction. It is brutal. Some [of the scenes] are hard to watch,” said one user.
Others called it “wild” and “quite moving,” while some called it “one of the best series I’ve ever seen.” “If you watch anything this week, dear God, please watch this show called Eric on Netflix,” said another.
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