The Guilty on Netflix vs the Original Danish Film Den Skyldige

Based on a 2018 movie from the Scandinavian country of Denmark, The Guilty on
Netflix [https://www.netflix.com/] will get you glued to the screen. It is a
story that is so intricate and seemingly real that it might just make you go, “I
can bet this happened for real.”

But how real (or not real) is the movie? How similar or different is The Guilty
Netflix from the Original drama Den Skyldige? Dive into the world of thrill and
suspense as we decipher everything we know about the movie, and also see how the
fans liked it.


THE GUILTY NETFLIX RELEASE DATE

Even though the movie was released on September 24, 2021; The Guilty came to the
streaming network on October 1, 2021.


THE GUILTY PLOT

Following the same storyline as the original Danish drama; The Guilty starts off
on one usual morning at a 911 call centre, Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Joe Baylor
working in some other department. Baylor incidentally finds himself in the room
and is flooded with calls; while most of the calls are not emergencies, one call
stands out of them all.

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A lady called Emily is calling the centre, and says that she has been kidnapped.
The story then follows Joe, who goes on to shatter every rule in the books in
order to save the woman. However, it is not so simple as we soon realize that
nothing is what it appears to be. The Guilty Netflix
[https://netflixjunkie.com/category/news/] is a must-watch story of mystery,
thrill and mind-boggling twists and turns.

 


DEN SKYLDIGE- THE SOURCE OF THE MOVIE

Denmark’s entry to the Oscars in 2018, Gustav Möller directed Den Skyldige is
the source material for The Guilty. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is a huge admirer of
the Danish movie, that he served as a moderator when the cast had QnA’s.
Following a rather similar storyline, and events; Den Skyldige received great
appreciation from the critics and audience alike. The movie won the 2018
Sundance Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize.

Gustav Möller, the director of the original movie, said it was inspired by an
authentic 911 call that he came across on the internet, to be specific, on
YouTube. “It felt like I was seeing images just listening to sound. It felt like
I had seen this woman,” he told Variety
[https://variety.com/2018/film/news/the-guilty-gustav-moller-remakes-dog-day-afternoon-1202903383/] in
an interview back in the year 2018. “I had an idea of the car she was sitting in
and the road they were driving on.”


THE AUDIENCES’ REACTION TO THE GUILTY NETFLIX

The movie received a rather mixed reaction from the audience, while some
absolutely loved the movie, others were not at all please by it.

> Me watching Netflix’s The Guilty remake … pic.twitter.com/yxsimrxO8B
> [https://t.co/yxsimrxO8B]
> 
> — Chloe Catchpole (@The_Film_Girl) October 7, 2021
> [https://twitter.com/The_Film_Girl/status/1446179670848950287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]



> The guilty on Netflix was literally him sitting down for the entire movie,
> getting up to stretch his legs and knocking all things off his desk when he
> realised the plot twist…you don’t even get to see the main reason the show is
> named the guilty until 10 minutes to the end.
> 
> — Isabel…♡ (@IsabelJemmott) October 2, 2021
> [https://twitter.com/IsabelJemmott/status/1444136468058976257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]



> Just finished #TheGuilty
> [https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGuilty?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] from
> @Netflix [https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw] and I thought the
> entire concept of the movie was absolutely brilliant.
> HOWEVER, it left me feeling confused and unsatisfied. The secondary storyline
> was complerely unnecessary and took more away from the movie than it intended
> to add. 6/10 pic.twitter.com/4s2vX3LAJQ [https://t.co/4s2vX3LAJQ]
> 
> — Debbie Too (@debbietoo) October 9, 2021
> [https://twitter.com/debbietoo/status/1446873403990831110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw]



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<p>Based on a 2018 movie from the <strong>Scandinavian</strong> country of <strong>Denmark</strong>, The Guilty on <a href="https://www.netflix.com/">Netflix</a> will get you glued to the screen. It is a story that is so intricate and seemingly real that it might just make you go, <em>&#8220;I can bet this happened for real.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>But how real (or not real) is the movie? How similar or different is The Guilty Netflix from the Original drama Den Skyldige? Dive into the world of thrill and suspense as we decipher everything we know about the movie, and also see how the fans liked it.</p>
<h2>The Guilty Netflix Release Date</h2>
<p>Even though the movie was released on September 24, 2021; The Guilty came to the streaming network on October 1, 2021.</p>
<h2>The Guilty plot</h2>
<p>Following the same storyline as the original Danish drama; <strong>The Guilty</strong> starts off on one usual morning at a 911 call centre, <strong>Jake Gyllenhaal</strong> stars as Joe Baylor working in some other department. Baylor incidentally finds himself in the room and is flooded with calls; while most of the calls are not emergencies, one call stands out of them all.</p>
<p><img loading="lazy" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-8550 lazyload" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" data-src="https://netflixjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Guilty.jpg" alt="" width="1200" height="675" data-sizes="auto" data-srcset="https://www.staging.netflixjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Guilty.jpg 1200w, https://www.staging.netflixjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Guilty-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.staging.netflixjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Guilty-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.staging.netflixjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/The-Guilty-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></p>
<p>A lady called Emily is calling the centre, and says that she has been kidnapped. The story then follows Joe, who goes on to shatter every rule in the books in order to save the woman. However, it is not so simple as we soon realize that nothing is what it appears to be. The Guilty <a href="https://netflixjunkie.com/category/news/">Netflix</a> is a must-watch story of mystery, thrill and mind-boggling twists and turns.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Den Skyldige- the source of the movie</h2>
<p>Denmark&#8217;s entry to the Oscars in 2018, Gustav Möller directed<strong> Den Skyldige</strong> is the source material for The Guilty. Actor Jake Gyllenhaal is a huge admirer of the Danish movie, that he served as a moderator when the cast had QnA&#8217;s. Following a rather similar storyline, and events; Den Skyldige received great appreciation from the critics and audience alike. The movie won the 2018 <strong>Sundance Audience Award </strong>and<strong> Grand Jury Prize</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Gustav Möller</strong>, the director of the original movie, said it was inspired by an authentic 911 call that he came across on the internet, to be specific, on YouTube. <em>“It felt like I was seeing images just listening to sound. It felt like I had seen this woman,”</em> he told <em><a class="body-link" href="https://variety.com/2018/film/news/the-guilty-gustav-moller-remakes-dog-day-afternoon-1202903383/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" data-vars-ga-outbound-link="https://variety.com/2018/film/news/the-guilty-gustav-moller-remakes-dog-day-afternoon-1202903383/" data-href="https://variety.com/2018/film/news/the-guilty-gustav-moller-remakes-dog-day-afternoon-1202903383/" data-skimlinks-tracking="[utm_source|[utm_campaign|[utm_medium|[gclid|[msclkid|[fbclid|[refdomain|www.bing.com[content_id|5c683f3a-5c45-4b75-a054-f2435b20ddb7[content_product_id|[product_retailer_id|">Variety</a> </em>in an interview back in the year 2018. <em>“I had an idea of the car she was sitting in and the road they were driving on.”</em></p>
<h2>The audiences&#8217; reaction to The Guilty Netflix</h2>
<p>The movie received a rather mixed reaction from the audience, while some absolutely loved the movie, others were not at all please by it.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Me watching Netflix’s The Guilty remake … <a href="https://t.co/yxsimrxO8B">pic.twitter.com/yxsimrxO8B</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Chloe Catchpole (@The_Film_Girl) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_Film_Girl/status/1446179670848950287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 7, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The guilty on Netflix was literally him sitting down for the entire movie, getting up to stretch his legs and knocking all things off his desk when he realised the plot twist…you don’t even get to see the main reason the show is named the guilty until 10 minutes to the end.</p>
<p>&mdash; Isabel…♡ (@IsabelJemmott) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsabelJemmott/status/1444136468058976257?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
<p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just finished <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGuilty?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGuilty</a> from <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Netflix</a> and I thought the entire concept of the movie was absolutely brilliant. <br />HOWEVER, it left me feeling confused and unsatisfied. The secondary storyline was complerely unnecessary and took more away from the movie than it intended to add. 6/10 <a href="https://t.co/4s2vX3LAJQ">pic.twitter.com/4s2vX3LAJQ</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Debbie Too (@debbietoo) <a href="https://twitter.com/debbietoo/status/1446873403990831110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2021</a></p></blockquote>
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