Rating:
2.5/5
Star
Cast:
Nicole
Kidman,
Melissa
McCarthy,
Michael
Shannon,
Luke
Evans,
Asher
Keddie,
Director:
Jonathan
Levine
Available
On:
Amazon
Prime
Video
Language:
English
Duration:
8
episodes/
45
minutes
Story:
The
show
follows
a
group
of
people
who
have
come
to
a
wellness
retreat
for
transformation.
The
wellness
centre
is
run
by
a
mysterious
health
guru
who
promises
a
life-changing
experience
using
unconventional
methods
that
go
way
beyond
massages
and
yoga.
Review:
Nine
Perfect
Strangers
is
based
on
a
book
of
the
same
name
by
Liane
Moriarty.
This
is
not
the
first
time,
Nicole
has
starred
in
a
show
based
on
her
book.
Their
collaboration
began
with
the
hit
series
Big
Little
Lies
that
came
out
in
2017.
However,
as
much
as
Big
Little
Lies
was
full
of
thrill,
mystery
and
lies,
Nine
Perfect
Strangers
cuts
down
on
everything
that
could
have
made
it
more
fun.
The
show
starts
with
the
introduction
of
the
nine
perfect
strangers
that
have
decided
to
come
to
wellness
centre
Tranquillum
House.
We
mainly
see
the
wellness
centre
through
the
eyes
of
Melissa
McCarthy's
character
Frances,
a
heartbroken
woman
who
is
on
the
verge
of
losing
her
credibility
as
a
bestselling
author.
There
are
eight
more
visitors
including
talented
actors
like
Bobby
Cannavale,
Regina
Hall
and
Luke
Evans.
Ben
and
Jessica
are
a
young
married
couple
who
are
looking
for
romantic
reconciliation;
Lars
Lee
is
most
suspicious
but
is
hurting
after
getting
dumped;
Carmel
Schneider
is
the
creepiest
of
them
all,
a
relentlessly
optimistic
divorcée
with
rage
issues;
then
there
is
the
Marconi
family
who
did
not
pay
in
whole
for
the
rich
vacation.
The
family
made
up
of
Heather,
Zoe,
Napoleon
is
come
looking
for
some
healing.
Tony
Hogburn
is
a
proud
ex-celebrity
with
drug
addiction.
Apart
from
them
we
also
have
the
Russian
owner
Masha
(Nicole
Kidman)
and
her
staff,
Delilah
and
Yao.
In
the
first
three
episodes
which
were
made
available
to
the
critics,
the
story
doesn't
move
much
forward.
Hour-long
episodes
are
spent
uncovering
the
complex
past
of
the
characters.
In
an
effort
to
make
everyone's
story
known,
the
makers
have
spent
an
awful
lot
of
time
on
each
character
instead
of
letting
their
stories
be
known
organically
throughout
the
show.
Even
when
more
details
are
made
known,
unfortunately,
it
feels
like
it's
the
benefit
of
the
audience
and
not
the
fellow
retreat
members
or
the
guru.
However,
few
cast
members
do
get
their
moment
to
shine,
unfortunately,
it
does
not
last
longer
than
few
minutes.
Even
with
great
actors
and
complex
stories
to
explore,
many
characters
fade
in
the
background
with
dialogues
that
do
not
land.
Few
are
brought
down
to
just
an
aesthetic
and
one
character
trait
like
the
seven
dwarfs,
one
is
grump,
another
one
has
anger
issues,
one
is
judgmental.
Other
than
occasional
smoothie
mystery,
and
their
blurry
past
very
little
goes
on
to
keep
the
audience
hooked.
Through
the
three
episodes,
the
rich
folks
continue
to
complain
about
everything
and
move
on
to
enjoying
their
luxury
vacation
which
is
hardly
relatable.
Neither
are
these
characters
sympathetic
towards
each
other
nor
are
they
willing
to
change,
which
brings
the
question
-
what
is
this
show
even
about?
Overall,
I
still
have
hope
for
the
next
five
episodes.
Nine
Perfect
Strangers
is
not
bad
TV,
but
the
makers
need
to
realise
the
audience
have
a
better
understanding
and
bigger
expectations.