The new HBO Max series “The Girl Before” stars David Oyelowo as an architect who allows women to live in his high-tech creation—provided they follow his strict rules
The streaming TV boom has led to a proliferation of prestige dramatic projects that, in an effort to become binge-watching sensations, expand their tales to unreasonable lengths. Adapted by J.P. Delaney from his own best-selling 2017 novel,falls squarely into that bloated-for-television category, taking a succinct thriller story and inflating it to such absurdly unwarranted lengths that any and all sense of suspense is sabotaged.
If that weren’t ominous enough, Edward demands that, in exchange for living there rent-free, his carefully selected tenants must abide by his strict and overbearing rules, which include no magazines, no pictures, no clutter on the floor, and only enough clothes to fit inside a single closet. Residents are also required to answer routine Housekeeper questionnaires about their personal and psychological attitudes, and to allow for inspections to ensure that they’re following his parameters.
It's instantly apparent that Edward has chosen first Emma, and then Jane, to occupy his cold, off-putting techno-abode because they look exactly like each other, just as it’s no surprise to learn that Edward is himself a widower. [] Did Edward’s wife also resemble Emma and Jane? Of course! And yet even after finding out such details, both women choose to not only go along with Edward’s game, but to enter into a relationship with him.
As a dictatorial loon who wouldn’t be likable to any sane individual, Oyelowo winds up stuck playing the same forbidding note, while Mbatha-Raw and Plummer—the former faring better than the latter, thanks in part to a more active and empowered role—vacillate unconvincingly between being skeptical of their landlord-cum-lover and irrationally smitten with his repellent behavior.rather transparently telegraphs one of its twists and boasts a lackluster finale.
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