A considerate and nuanced tackle the true crime narrative, Unbelievable sensitively handles a harrowing story of sexual assault. The collection is predicated on the Pulitzer Prize-winning article “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong, in addition to a radio episode of This American Life.
The story facilities round Marie Adler (Kaitlyn Dever, The Final of Us), a youngster who stories being raped however faces skepticism from the authorities tasked with investigating her case. Grace Rasmussen (Toni Collette) and Karen Duvall (Merritt Wever), two devoted feminine detectives in one other state, start connecting the dots between Marie’s case and several other unsolved rapes beneath related circumstances. (The characters are primarily based on actual detectives Edna Hendershot and Stacy Galbraith.) The performances of Collette, Wever and Dever have been broadly praised, they usually positively dwell as much as their accolades.
Unbelievable examines the trauma and psychological turmoil that include investigating a rape case, unpacking the impression on each the sufferer and the investigators concerned. It’s partaking and thought-provoking, with implausible expertise at its middle.