American Crime Story: The People Vs OJ Simpson

I think it's safe to say that everyone and their mothers was glued to their televisions when the whole OJ Simpson trial was happening back in 1995. Even if you didn't want to watch it, you would catch it because it was on every channel all day.   Now that a good amount of time has past, FX has invigorated our interest in the whole OJ saga with their American Crime Series - the People vs OJ Simpson.

They have an all star cast that includes Cuba Gooding Jr as the Juice, John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian. Selma Blair as Kris Kardashian and in my opinion the two best casted roles - Courtney B Vance as Johnnie Cockron and Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark.

The story starts at the beginning of the murder and shows OJ leaving his place and getting on a plane shortly after Nicole and Ron are murdered.  I will say that the series tries to be unbiased and let you decide things on your own. Obviously there are characters that are convinced OJ as guilty but it never comes out and says he's guilty.

I will say that the series is captivating and the casting was well done. At first I was unsure about Cuba playing OJ or  John Travolta as Robert Shapiro but as the story develops, you can see the method to the madness.  Both Cuba and JT are a little over the top but I think that's just the way they were.  Also it was hard to see Robert Kardashian as anything but Ross but all the characters are slowly coming into their own. I think it'd be unfair to judge the series by the first episode as many critics did.

Overall this is a great series that reminds viewers of all the chaos and drama that happened back in 1995.  Like the 1995 trials, this series will keep you glued to your televison.