Up to now, the fruits of TV producer Shonda Rhimes’ big-money cope with Netflix have included essentially the most talked-about interval drama since Downton Abbey in Bridgerton and twisting true crime drama in Inventing Anna.
And for her newest collaboration with the streaming big, the Bafta, Golden Globe and Emmy winner is heading in a totally totally different course.
Streaming now, The Residence is a star-studded “whodunnit?” that unfolds, all over the place, following a flowery dinner on the White Home, which pays homage to Agatha Christie’s classics and the extra fashionable mysteries from Rian Johnson; Knives Out and Poker Face.
Of their early opinions, critics have near-unanimously highlighted how bingeable the eight episodes of The Residence are – though they’re just a little extra divided concerning the high quality of the present.
Extra glowing opinions have praised the miniseries for providing some shiny, enjoyable escapism, with Uzo Aduba’s efficiency as detective Cordelia Cupp being significantly lauded, although extra scathing critics have known as The Residence out for missing in any substance and bordering on “annoying”.
Right here’s a collection of what’s been stated about The Residence to this point…
“The Residence is a really pleased expertise all spherical – moreish, bingeable, a whole tonic […] Though there may be an ensemble vibe, it stays Aduba’s present, and rightfully so. She is a magnetic presence and The Residence takes full benefit of that. This isn’t tv that’s going to alter the world, however it’ll provide you with eight hours of improbable escape.”
“Scenes come and go along with the quick click on of a digicam shutter, whereas the story careers by means of an endless collection of switchbacks. It’s like the present White Home: by no means a boring second.”
