Wednesday 15 September 2021

Nine Perfect Strangers (2021 Creator David E Kelley, director Jonathan Levine)

Enjoyed this as it began - Nicole Kidman gives a playful performance. It's funny. 'Tranquilliam'.

The perfect strangers are Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Asher Keddie and Grace Van Patten, Bobby Cannavale, Luke Evans, Samara Weaving and Melvin Gregg, Regina Hall. Staff: Manny Jacinto, Tiffany Boone.

These become slightly more normal (oddly) when the staff are revealed to be microdosing the patients who then unburden themselves of their troubles. I wonder why Dr Seuss never thought of that.

Stylishly photographed by the useful Yves Belanger. Jonathan Levine directed The Wackness and 50/50.

Ultimately, Q went off the drug element and the Kidman character's just too weird so we gave up. Kelley wrote the crappy The Undoing and Big Little Lies, Doogie Howser and its sequel, LA Law, Boston Legal

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