Netflix fans can’t stop watching new whodunit hailed ‘better than Knives Out’
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Previous Page Next PageIt’s time to cancel all your social plans as Netflix has dropped its next binge-worthy murder mystery.
Viewers are staying in tonight to binge-watch all eight episodes of the streamer’s latest drama, The Residence.
The whodunit stars Orange Is The New Black star Uzo Aduba as eccentric detective Cordelia Cupp, tasked with solving a murder at the White House.
The all-star cast also features the likes of Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito, Always Be My Maybe’s Randall Park and Kylie Minogue.
On X, some fans have already devoured The Residence and made the bold claim that it’s better than the zany crime caper Knives Out, which stars Daniel Craig as idiosyncratic detective Benoit Blanc.
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@felixivan01 said: ‘Despite being a bit long mystery, smartly written, with fast-paced editing & one of TV’s best detectives. #UzoAduba and #RandallPark are brilliant. It evades recent politics to sustain itself in the White House staff’s dynamics.’
Netflix fans have been binge-watching whodunit The Residence (Picture: Erin Simkin/Netflix) Yes, the actual Kylie Minogue plays herself in The Residence (Picture: Erin Simkin/Netflix)Echoing their sentiment, @Ramasscreen raved: ‘The Residence was like if “Knives Out” and “Downton Abbey” had a baby. A humorous, head-scratching murder mystery that constantly threw me for a loop. Uzo Aduba as the hercule poirot-esque detective was on top of her game, quirky, formidable & quick on her feet.‘
@CreativeK said: ‘Went to a screening of #TheResidence at Netflix tonight and this is a must-see series. This 1st episode packs a lot of fun and who done it. The cast is incredible and delivers in every scene. I love Uzo so much in this.’
Created by Paul William Davies, The Residence is produced by TV legend Shonda Rhimes’s production company Shondaland, also behind shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal and Bridgerton.
Netflix fans have also been recommending recently added drama Adolescence – which has become a major talking point in the UK just days after its release.
The Residence has already been compared to Knives Out (Picture: Claire Folger/Lionsgate/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock)Starring Line of Duty’s Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper in his debut onscreen role, the one-shot drama Adolescence tells the harrowing story of a 13-year-old boy accused of the murder of a girl in his class.
Over four episodes, it follows Jamie Miller (Cooper) arrested and charged with the heinous crime, with Top Boy’s Ashley Walters playing Detective Inspector Luke Bascombe, who is assigned to Jamie’s case.
Viewers see the impact of Jamie’s actions on his school, his family, and the shocking CCTV evidence behind the act before The Crown actress Erin Doherty, who plays a clinical psychologist, delves deeper into his mindset and the impact the ideologies from the likes of Andrew Tate are having on young men.
‘Finished #Adolescence, what an incredible show. We genuinely do not talk enough about the greatness of Stephen Graham. This final scene had me bawling,’ KongoZande said, to which Samantha commented on X: ‘Same, I’m still crying and it ended about 5 minutes ago. He is phenomenal. Just wow.’
Viewers said they were counting down the days until its launch (Picture: Erin Simkin/Netflix)Kellam wrote: ‘Guys Adolescence on Netflix is potentially the closest thing we have to perfect tv. Severance, Paradise and now this? How greedy. All shot in one take too? Mental.’
Tim called it ‘the most sensational piece of television I’ve seen in years’, while Jiya said it ‘is truly a brilliantly crafted show’.
Director Philip Barantini and writer Jack Thorne previously spoke to Metro to discuss the importance of the conversations being sparked by this drama and why the one-shot style of filming was vital to the story.
Philip, who also directed 2019 film Boiling Point in one shot, which also starred Stephen, explained why this filming technique isn’t a ‘gimmick’, but a tool to draw the audience in to an even greater degree and ‘force them to pay attention’.
He said: ‘It’s relentless, and it puts a perspective on things that you wouldn’t necessarily have. You can’t jump forward in time, you can’t cut to another person, you can’t go to a close up.
‘We wanted to just dip the audience in for an hour in this particular moment in time, dip them back out again, and then put them in a few months later and let them work it out themselves.
The Residence is available to stream on Netflix.
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