Nicole Kidman stars as a mean (and very rich) matriarch in 'The Perfect Couple,' Netflix's adaptation of Elin Hilderbrand's beach-read thriller. Read our review.
, event planner Roger Felton speaks with police after a guest at a party hosted by his employers — world-famous author Greer Winbury — turns up dead. “Oh, they’re rich,” smirks Roger of the Winburys. “’Child sex ring on a private island’ rich. ‘I’m bored. Let’s go buy a monkey’ rich. ‘Kill someone and get away with it’ rich.”
If it isn’t clear from those venomous quips — delivered with signature panache by comedic character actor Tim Bagley, who plays Roger —) delights in deriding its uberwealthy protagonists. Based on Elin Hilderbrand’s bestseller and adapted for the screen by Jenna Lamia , this arch and at times outlandish miniseries delivers the cheap and tasty thrills of a beach read on a lavish, prestige-streamer budget.
To Greer’s intense chagrin, the social event of the season devolves into scandal when a body is found in the water the morning of Benji and Amelia’s wedding. The millionaire matriarch is left scrambling to close ranks as Nantucket Chief of Police Dan Carter and Detective Nikki Henry infiltrate the compound to investigate the death.
Alas, there isn’t much to Tag Winbury, whose chief personality traits are smoking a lot of weed and a tendency to sing pop songs at inappropriate times. Hewson and Bowle are appealing actors, but their characters are similarly underwritten and suffer from a noticeable lack of chemistry. We’re never really clear why Amelia — who ostensibly has no designs on Benji’s money — wants to marry him in the first place. But in the end, perhaps Greer Winbury is right and it really doesn’t matter.
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