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Bestselling novel The Housemaid is coming to life on screen — but don’t expect an exact retelling of what happened on the page.
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Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
Elmhirst’s retelling is a triumph, second only to the seemingly impossible feat of Maurice and Maralyn themselves.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
The series is just one of several retellings of the chilling case, including Netflix's 2018 docuseries of the same name.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
One encounters echoes of this legendary order in Siesbye’s bowls, as if the works present modern retellings of an ancient epic, embodying deep time and the present moment, directness and enigma alike.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
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Kirsten Chuba, HollywoodReporter, 16 Dec. 2025
Elmhirst’s retelling is a triumph, second only to the seemingly impossible feat of Maurice and Maralyn themselves.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Dec. 2025
The series is just one of several retellings of the chilling case, including Netflix's 2018 docuseries of the same name.
—Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
One encounters echoes of this legendary order in Siesbye’s bowls, as if the works present modern retellings of an ancient epic, embodying deep time and the present moment, directness and enigma alike.
—Ayşegül Savaş, New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2025
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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 26 Dec. 2025.
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