TheStaircase is an inconsistent thriller that is bolstered by a great cast.
The Staircase is a true-crime thriller that does not tell the true story behind the crime at the center of its plot. That’s because the crime in question remains shrouded in mystery. The case’s details continue to plague and nag at the minds of true-crime fanatics everywhere, and forum sites like Reddit are filled with pages dedicated to discussing what might have happened on the fateful 2001 night in which Kathleen Peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in her North Carolina home.
Exploitative at its worst Created and written by Antonio Campos and Maggie Cohn, The Staircase keeps its focus on Firth’s Michael as much as possible. That approach allows the series to put him under intense amounts of scrutiny at all times, and there are moments when The Staircase‘s various parts come together to form a unique portrait of a possible sociopath.
The scenes are intentionally horrifying and feel like they could have been ripped straight out of a prestige horror film, but there is no justifiable reason for them to be included in the show. Kathleen Peterson was a real person, and The Staircase‘s dramatizations of her death fail to ring with the level of sensitivity that’s necessary for a true-crime adaptation.
Michael Stuhlbarg similarly impresses as the dry and cutthroat lawyer that Michael hires to represent him during his trial. Meanwhile, Olivia DeJonge and Odessa Young turn in vulnerable, well-calibrated performances as two members of the Peterson clan who begin to question and doubt Michael’s claims about Kathleen’s death. Together, the show’s cast makes watching The Staircase a consistently entertaining and engrossing experience even when it feels the most scattered and unbalanced.
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