Netflix’s Best New Movie To Watch Lands A 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score

Netflix’s best new movie this week is a harrowing film that landed a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score from critics, and will stick in your memory.

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Finally, there’s a Netflix original movie that’s reviewing well, not a licensed production like Top Gun: Maverick or The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, for instance. It also has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes review score, though there is a catch here.

The movie is The Widower: ‘Til Death Do Us Part, which you may be able to deduce is not a scripted film but rather a true crime story. There aren’t that many reviews in yet, but the ones that are in give it a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. Unlike many other true crime entries on Netflix, this one is not split into a 2-3-part miniseries but is a 90-minute feature.

The case in question for The Widower: ‘Til Death Do Us Part is that of Thomas Randolph in 2008. He called 911 and said that his wife, Sharon Causse, had been shot (his sixth wife!). The story was that there was a home invader who shot his wife, then Randolph shot and killed the invader himself. It seemed like a robbery gone wrong, and not all that suspicious.

However, what resulted was a sprawling 15-year hunt for the truth, and it was discovered he had gotten three life-insurance hauls from three of his previous wives who also died. He became known as the “Black Widower” and after dodging a number of legal runs at him, was ultimately sentenced to 60 years in prison. Since then, he’s had a number of appeals denied. Here’s how the film is described:

“In this documentary, a journalist and a detective uncover the truth about a killer whose charm masked a trail of failed marriages and suspicious deaths.”