By Jacob Smith
One of the positives of the current era of “made for streaming” movies is that they can now be made without the studio pressure for massive box office returns, which tends to hinder creative freedom.
One of the downsides is that with lower expectations, most streaming-service films tend to reside in the land of mediocrity, instead of taking advantage of the opportunity.
Not Netflix’s “The Guilty” (2021), an American remake of a 2018 Danish film of the same name. Hollywood productions have been forced to get creative about completing movies with COVID-19 restrictions limiting how cast and crew can interact.
Similar to the 2021 BBC Two film “Together,” “The Guilty” is bare-bones filmmaking showing just how creative some...