India, Sept. 28 -- Despite receiving a punishingly low approval rating from film critics, the newly released Netflix crime thriller Unabomber has defied expectations to become the most-watched film on the streaming platform globally. Released on September 25, the dual-timeline dramatisation traces the psychological unravelling of Theodore Kaczynski, a mathematics prodigy who orchestrated a deadly seventeen-year mail-bombing campaign across the US.

Starring Jacob Tremblay as the teenage domestic terrorist and Russell Crowe as his controversial Harvard University professor, the cinematic adaptation has highlighted a stark divide between professional critical consensus and the enduring public appetite for true crime narratives.

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