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The trouble with any new Netflix show is it can be hard to know what youre signing up for.
It stars Nicole Kidman and Liev Schreiber.
Its about a wealthy family.
But what kind of Nicole Kidman show is this?
Is this Actually, this is serious, likeExpats, or is it aBig Little Liesmelodrama?
Maybe its more of aNine Perfect Strangersprime-time-soap feel?
Or consumed a hallucinogen?
Or just wanted to have fun!
Whales breach the blue ocean waters.
In a gorgeous tent outside a stunning coastal home, Kidman, a.k.a.
Greer Garrison Winbury, embraces her three sons.
and I love this woman to death!
Then there are establishing shots of police tape and evidence markers on the beach.
Someone says, No ones getting married today.
Someone else says, Oh, theyre rich.
Im bored lets go buy a monkey rich.
In other words, this murder show is gonna be a good time!
Were all going to have so much fun figuring out who did it!
This is not one of those dour, important ones.
This is a gas!
But what if no one gets it?
Cue the opening-creditsdance choreography!
They are in their rehearsal-dinner costumes.
They do not wear shoes.
Consider Irina Dubova, for instance, who plays the maid standing behind Fahy.
Thats a team player right there.
Kidmans approach, meanwhile, is ethereal dissociation.
Shes obviously the center of this whole thing.
This may look easy, and you might assume that anyone could pull off this facial expression.
No, no, no!
It takes effort and concentration.
This man is a professional, and he is going tonailit.
You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
The Perfect Coupleis doing the same thing when you think about it.
Its murder … but its also dance.
Its a beach-read TV show, and everyone has permission to let loose.
Just ask Liev Schreiber.
