True crime dramas often shock you with the fact they have happened in real life and someone went through something that you are now watching on screen. Our today’s recommendation is one such miniseries on Netflix.
We are talking about the true crime miniseries ‘Unbelievable’ on Netflix co-created by Susannah Grant, Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon. The show is about a series of rapes in Washington state and Colorado.
In the summer of 2008, Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever) is raped in her apartment by a masked man with a birthmark on his left calf. Marie is forced to retell, and thus relive, her story multiple times, but when it comes time to file her report with the two detectives assigned to her case, the men decide she’s lying.
They bully her into retracting her statement before closing the case and then charging her with making a false report. Three years later, Detectives Grace Rasmussen (Toni Collette) and Karen Duvall (Merritt Wever) are working together to find a serial rapist — one with a birthmark on his left calf.
This crime drama is a hard watch at times, especially knowing it’s based on real-life events reported in the 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning article “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” and the subsequent 2018 book, A False Report.
The show has resilient characters, a committed cast and the conscientious treatment of difficult subject matter. ‘Unbelievable’ is an important story of strength, survival and supporting women who have the courage to tell the truth.
‘Unbelievable’ stars Toni Collette, Merritt Wever and Kaitlyn Dever in lead roles. The series premiered on Netflix in 2019 and received great critical acclaim. If you haven’t seen it yet and are a fan of true crime dramas ‘Unbelievable’ is a must watch.