The content factory of Netflix produces so many series that often we can be buried in slop. But at least recently a few shows have emerged with perfect scores from critics, and they’re in very different genres. You may want to check one, or both of them, out.
The new show that’s racked up 100% on Rotten Tomatoes so far is Secrets We Keep, a Danish crime drama set in Copenhagen. Here’s the official synopsis of the series:
“When a young au pair vanishes in an upper-class Copenhagen suburb, one woman is determined to find out who’s responsible — even if her search implicates her closest friends and loved ones. The Danish drama Secrets We Keep follows a wealthy family as they deal with the fallout from a missing persons case involving their obscenely rich neighbors.”
The show has just debuted yet it is already #2 on Netflix’s Top 10 list, behind the other 100% rated series, America Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden. The catch for both of these is that there are not that many critic reviews in yet, but of those that are, they are all positive, hence these scores.
Secrets We Keep is not based on a true story, nor a book, which is a little surprising, given that many of these crime shows are. So that means an original script that no one knows the ending to.
It is listed as a miniseries, unsurprisingly, so that means it will not have to scramble for enough views to get a season 2. It’s quite short, just six episodes that are around 35 minutes each, meaning this will probably feel like an overly long movie if you binge the entire thing at once, which is no doubt what Netflix wants you to do.
Do audiences think it’s good? So far it has a 76% score, which is solid enough and better than the Osama Bin Laden series, which instead has a rotten score from fans. Netflix has produced a number of these really great European crime dramas and now it seems like it has another one to add to its collections. Admittedly my favorites are the British ones, however. I will be certainly be checking out The Secrets We Keep, which no doubt can be finished in one afternoon.
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