‘Under the Banner of Heaven,’ Starring Andrew Garfield, Reframes a Mormon Murder Case With Care: TV Review
variety.comCaroline Framke Chief TV CriticIt’s all too easy to imagine a version of “Under the Banner of Heaven” that fails. In adapting Jon Krakauer’s 2003 book for the screen, Dustin Lance Black (“Milk”) had to delve into the horrific murder of a mother and child and untangle the clash between mainstream and fundamentalist Mormonism at its core.
He also had to convey the importance of all the above to an audience that largely wouldn’t understand the context that comes from growing up Mormon, as Black himself did.
The resulting limited series, an FX production that premieres April 28 on Hulu, took him 10 years to hone, which comes as no surprise.
The mere task of figuring out how to transpose Krakauer’s version of events onto the screen would prove a challenge to anyone, let alone someone with such close personal ties to the material.
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