The residence: a funny Murder Mystery in the White House (Critique)

Uzo Aduba is investigating in this police comedy which is worth as much for its spectacular decor as for its well -crafted intrigues.

You like to play Cluedo ? This series is made for you! Especially since this time, it is not only the dining room or the kitchen, and that the culprit is not the colonel mustard, but perhaps the president of the United States himself! 132 pieces. 157 suspects. A corpse. It is the basic pitch of The residencenew Netflix series launched this Thursday on the platform, a police comedy led by Uzo ADUBA (Orange is the new black), in the shoes of a completely eccentric detective, which invests a state dinner in the White House, at the request of the Washington police chief, after the chief of the butler was murdered! Who did it?

For once, Shonda Rhimes done in comedy, and she assumes. The paperwork of American dramatic television production is behind this signed creation Paul William Davies and inspired by the book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House (from Kate Andersen Brower). First, we delve with delight in the smallest corners of the most watched residence in the world. The series reveals the internal functioning of this emblematic American institution. Each day, hundreds of people are busy behind the scenes to orchestrate both the major official events and the daily life of the president. The reconstruction of the White House is spectacular. Recreated in the studio (everything has been filmed in Los Angeles), it allows the camera to walk from one room to another, between its luxurious salons, its discreet corridors and its animated back-cooles, to conduct the investigation with Uzo ADUBAas on a set of Cluedo.

It’s pretty fascinating to follow. Especially since the investigation in question is very fun. In the footsteps Daniel Craig In white Benedict, Uzo ADUBA Make an eccentric Poirot in the feminine, which pushes the sliders of the series towards an disconcerting absurd tone (even if it is sometimes a little heavy). This “whodunnit” is full of mind and madness and is not intended to change the face of the small screen. Just to offer 8 hours of total fun. In line with films With pulled knives – Already on Netflix – The residence Play on satire and gap to unravel the sons of its complex intrigue. The tone is not as fluid or as successful as in the films of Rian Johnson, but the investigation remains a little guilty pleasure, with its tunes of gigantic puzzle of 1000 pieces which slowly ends. As if to win at Cluedoit requires a little patience.

The residence, in 8 episodes on Netflix, from March 20, 2025.