Nicole Kidman leads a star-studded ensemble in 'Nine Perfect Strangers,' a familiar-feeling new miniseries about a bunch of rich people on retreat. Alan Sepinwall's review.
. It iswatchable throughout because of the sheer charisma and talent of its great cast — even if most of the actors seem to be performing in wildly different shows from one another — but doesn’t have a lot to offer beyond star power and lush scenery .
We open on a slow-motion, almost pornographic shot of a smoothie being blended at Masha’s Tranquillum House retreat, before meeting our title characters. First up is the Marconi family — dad Napoleon , mom Heather , and daughter Zoe — who are grappling with a tragedy and essentially there as Masha’s charity cases. Instagram-obsessed Jess and newly-wealthy Ben need help with their marriage.
Early on, Jess is reluctant to give up her phone for the duration, asking, “What if there’s a murderer, or a bear?” Shows like this often use murders or other bits of flash to lure viewers into what can otherwise be very interior stories;began with a coffin being loaded onto an airplane in a flash-forward, with the question of who was in there, and why, hanging over everything else we saw.
At one point, Jess confesses that she loves Frances’ books, and begins quizzing her about the deeper meaning of them. Frances, distracted with her own mess and feeling grave doubts about her storytelling gifts, suggests that Jess not look to pop culture for her answers. Intentional or not, the moment plays as a meta-commentary on a show that’s not nearly as deep as it pretends to be.
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