The Oscar nominee plays a troubled puppeteer in Netflix’s convoluted limited series.
Some trailers give too much away.
Thetrailer forEricleaves the real story out.
Eric the monster and Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Eric’.Ludovic Robert/Netflix
The year is 1980-something, and Manhattans streets simmer with risk and the stench of days-old garbage.
Even Vincent cant escape scrutiny.
Initially,Ericis Vincents story.
McKinley Belcher III in ‘Eric’.Ludovic Robert/Netflix
And then hell know how much we love him, how much we want him to come home.
(Cumberbatch voices the title character as well.)
Viewers will struggle, too.
Gaby Hoffman and Ivan Morris Howe in ‘Eric’.Netflix
The burden placed on Ledroit, a true minority in his precinct, is compelling.
(His New York accent, it should be noted, is unexpectedly subtle.)
The Oscar nominee plays Vincent as written: Hes an incorrigible jerk.
