{"id":2619,"date":"2021-10-03T13:26:45","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T13:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/?p=2619"},"modified":"2022-07-21T17:20:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T17:20:40","slug":"review-roundup-summer-early-fall-2021-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/03\/review-roundup-summer-early-fall-2021-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) Review"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/extremely-wicked-banner-1024x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/extremely-wicked-banner-1024x480.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/extremely-wicked-banner-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/extremely-wicked-banner-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/extremely-wicked-banner-640x300.jpg 640w, https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/extremely-wicked-banner-1200x563.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/otherpeoplesmovies.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/extremely-wicked-banner.jpg 1601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 770px\" \/><figcaption>Zac Efron in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zac Efron is so naturalistically seductive in his portrayal of Ted Bundy that it\u2019s near-tragic that his performance is not featured in a better film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile <\/em>attempts to depict the infamous serial killer through the eyes of his longtime girlfriend, Liz Kendall (portrayed with empathy and commitment by Lily Collins).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of offering an intimate portrait of the madman\u2019s private life, however, the film makes the mistake of trying to depict an enormous amount of already well-documented detail about Bundy\u2019s crimes in under two hours.&nbsp; Unfortunately, this leaves little room for developing Kendall\u2019s character or her experiences with Bundy. It\u2019s hard to feel anything for her as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Simply reflecting facts about Bundy through Kendall\u2019s eyes doesn\u2019t give them any new insight. Focusing on the smaller, human moments of Bundy\u2019s and Kendall\u2019s relationship could have made for a far more revealing and involving film. Instead, its most interesting aspects are told in mere flashes, and its primary focus ultimately becomes something we\u2019ve already seen and heard many times before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRADE: C<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zac Efron is so naturalistically seductive in his portrayal of Ted Bundy that it\u2019s near-tragic that his performance is not featured in a better film. Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile attempts to depict the infamous serial killer through the eyes of his longtime girlfriend, Liz Kendall (portrayed with empathy and commitment by Lily Collins). 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