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- In the balance, “Nine Perfect Strangers” doesn’t achieve perfection, but it is both pretty strange and reasonably compelling. That doesn’t add up to the compulsive binge that “Big Little Lies” or “White Lotus” provided, but as TV’s version of summer escapes go, it’s not a bad trip.
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Aug 18, 2021 · ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Review: Nicole Kidman’s Stagnant Hulu Series Is a Very Bad Vacation. Playing a cult-like figure running a secretive resort, the only thing wobblier than the...
- Ben Travers
Aug 18, 2021 · ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Review: Nicole Kidman’s Stagnant Hulu Series Is a Very Bad Vacation. Ben Travers. August 18, 2021 · 7 min read. 1. The first shot of “ Nine Perfect Strangers ” is not,...
- It’S Not A Horror Series
- But It Is A Show About Pain
- The Guests Aren’T All Strangers to Each Other
- Fleeting Fame Is Also A Theme
- The Show Plays with Social Media’S Perceptions of Perfection
- Tranquillum Seeks Out People Who Feel Like They’Ve Exhausted All Other Options
- The Show Explores Wealth Inequality
- Jacinto Is Here For Your The Good Place Comparisons
- Kidman Stayed in Character The Whole Time
(Photo by Hulu) Despite the premise set up with that logline — “All is not well” — series director Jonathan Levinesaid this is a show that “really transcends genre.” “I certainly thought about horror and certainly thought about thrillers,” he said during the show’s Television Critics Association summer press tour panel. “But at the end of the day, ...
(Photo by Vince Valitutti/Hulu) The series discusses pain, but the emotional not what you’d find in a slasher flick. Regina Hall’s (pictured) Carmel Schneider is a divorcee who hopes things like losing weight will help her issues. Melissa McCarthy’s Frances Welty is a novelist experiencing setbacks in her career and personal life. “Doing the show m...
(Photo by Vince Valitutti/Hulu) Michael Shannon (above right) and Asher Keddie (above center) play husband-and-wife Napoleon and Heather Marconi, who are at the wellness center with their daughter Zoe (Grace Van Patten) after experiencing a loss. Melvin Gregg (above left) and Samara Weavingplay married couple Ben and Jessica Chandler, who have mast...
(Photo by Vince Valitutti/Hulu) In addition to Gregg and Weaving’s social media celebrities and McCarthy’s novelist, Bobby Cannavale’s former athlete Tony Hogburn has reached that stage in his career where people feel like the recognize him — but they don’t know why. In this case, Tony would rather you don’t know who he is. “Part of that is the war...
(Photo by Vince Valitutti/Hulu) Weaving’s Jessica is beautiful but also lacks self-esteem and confidence. She is addicted to her phone, which she (like everyone else) must relinquish upon check-in. It pains her that she can’t Instagram a beautiful breakfast spread at the retreat. Weaving told Rotten Tomatoes that she herself has “always had terribl...
(Photo by Vince Valitutti/Hulu) Why would Jessica and Ben, who roll up in a fancy sports car, go here when they could just try couples therapy? Or when they could spend their time relaxing at a Hawaiian luxury hotel with Wi-Fi? “I think they’ve done all of this stuff,” Gregg told Rotten Tomatoes. “Their life is a vacation and they tried couples the...
(Photo by Vince Valitutti/Hulu) Much like HBO’s The White Lotus, Nine Perfect Strangersexamines the excesses and expectations of wealthy people and how some lose sight of the humanity of the staff members catering to their whims. “Diving into it more and maybe thinking about it after the project, you can’t help but sit back and think: How much mone...
(Photo by Vince Valitutti/Hulu) The actor, who rose to fame playing the delightful simpleton Jason Mendoza on The Good Placeis aware that this is yet another series where a bunch of unsuspecting individuals arrive at a utopia lorded over by a character played by a tall acting icon (in the NBC comedy, it was Ted Danson). But in this version, Jacinto...
(Photo by Vince Valitutti/Hulu) “I sort of found the accent due to putting together her whole life story and made it a Russian-American mix,” Kidman told reporters during the TCA panel. “The first scene we shot was the scene where I come in in the room and say, ‘I am Masha. Welcome to Tranquillum.’ And then, I was able to stay in that place.” She a...
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- Whitney Friedlander
Aug 16, 2021 · Like joyriding into the suborbit while millions face evictions and homelessness amid a pandemic, the premise of the new Hulu drama “Nine Perfect Strangers” is proudly, if not defiantly, out...
- Inkoo Kang
Aug 16, 2021 · Nicole Kidman. Nicole Kidman is a mysterious guru in 'Nine Perfect Strangers,' a star-studded series that feels awfully familiar. Alan Sepinwall's review.
- Alan Sepinwall
Aug 9, 2021 · David E. Kelley's latest Liane Moriarty adaptation, 'Nine Perfect Strangers,' boasts a cast led by Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy.
Aug 17, 2021 · That doesn’t add up to the compulsive binge that “Big Little Lies” or “White Lotus” provided, but as TV’s version of summer escapes go, it’s not a bad trip. “Nine Perfect Strangers ...
