# Bonnie & Clyde (2013)

> A miniseries dramatizing the whirlwind bank-robbing spree of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convict and the small-town waitress who falls for him.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/55827

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 2
- Episode runtime: 85 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: crime, drama
- Network: Lifetime, History, A&E
- Cast: Holliday Grainger, Emile Hirsch, Sarah Hyland, Lane Garrison, William Hurt, Holly Hunter, Austin Hébert, Elizabeth Reaser
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2707792/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: gritty, romantic, melancholic, fatalistic, tense

## What critics say

Audiences found the two-part miniseries a mixed retelling of the outlaw couple's crime spree, with a stronger pull from the lead performances than from the storytelling.

## Synopsis

Bonnie & Clyde (2013) is a American true crime period miniseries created for Lifetime, History and A&E, presented as a two-episode limited series of roughly eighty-five minutes each. Holliday Grainger plays Bonnie Parker, an impressionable small-town waitress, and Emile Hirsch plays Clyde Barrow, a charismatic convicted armed robber who sweeps her off her feet. Their engine is simple and dangerous: Clyde wants freedom and a bigger life, Bonnie wants escape from her dull hometown, and the law closes in as their bank-robbing spree grows more notorious. William Hurt plays lawman Frank Hamer, the relentless figure hunting the pair, while Holly Hunter plays Emma Parker, Bonnie's worried mother, and Sarah Hyland and Lane Garrison round out the gang as Blanche and Buck Barrow. Each episode is built from robberies, getaways, family strain and mounting pursuit. Set in the Depression-era American Southwest, the story carries a gritty, romantic and melancholic tone, with a fatalistic sense of doom running beneath the glamour. Fans of Public Enemies, Gangster Squad and Ruby Ridge will find resonance in its true crime grit and outlaw romance.

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