Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: intelligently written and directed

Way better than the 1976 tv version, in fact, superior in every way--with the exception of Railsback's takeon Manson. Pretty damn gruesome, by the way. The actress who portrays Linda Kasabian is very good here.Writer/director John Gray does fine work. Am glad they showed what they showed of the courtroom scenes--because not only were they dull and went on too long in the '76 flick, but we already know what the verdict was and what happened.