The
Perfect
Couple
has
suspense,
humour,
romance
and
gorgeous
visuals,
says
Deepa
Gahlot.
Known
as
the
Queen
of
The
Beach
Read,
Elin
Hilderbrand
has
written
a
series
of
bestselling
novels,
set
on
the
picturesque
island
of
Nantucket,
also
the
playground
of
the
super
wealthy.
One
of
them,
The
Perfect
Couple,
finds
itself
converted
to
a
six-part
miniseries,
probably
hunted
down
by
Nicole
Kidman’s
scouts.
Of
late,
she
has
shown
an
unerring
ability
to
pick
parts
(The
Undoing,
Big
Little
Lies)
that
suit
her
age,
and
also
show
off
her
statuesque
elegance.
In
The
Perfect
Couple,
she
plays
bestselling
author
Greer
Garrison
Winbury,
whose
life
seems
as
glossy
as
the
landscape
of
the
island,
where
she
has
a
palatial
summer
home.
Her
husband
Tag
(Liev
Schreiber),
three
sons
and
a
few
friends
have
gathered
there
for
the
impending
wedding
of
the
middle
son
Benji
(Billy
Howle)
with
Amelia
(Eve
Hewson).
The
bride-to-be
does
not
have
Greer’s
approval
because
of
her
lower
social
status
but
she
bows
to
the
wishes
of
her
son.
The
upper
crust
of
Nantucket
is
so
snooty
that
even
the
housekeeper
has
her
nose
in
the
air,
looking
down
on
anyone
who
does
their
own
chores.
She
contemptuously
chucks
into
the
bin
the
supermarket
fruit
basket
Amelia’s
parents
have
brought
as
a
gift.
Abby
(Dakota
Fanning),
the
pregnant
wife
of
the
good-for-nothing
older
son
Tom
(Jack
Reynor)
is
subtly
snobbish,
trying
to
please
the
mother-in-law
but
also
acting
friendly
with
Amelia
and
her
best
friend,
Merritt
(Meghann
Fahy),
the
maid
of
honour.
Ishaan
Khatter
appears
as
Shooter
Dival,
a
close
friend
of
the
groom
and
his
chosen
best
man.
French
star
Isabelle
Adjani
plays
the
sexy
older
woman,
a
friend
of
the
family,
who
leads
such
a
colourful
life
that
she
does
not
judge
others.
The
youngest
son
Will
(Sam
Nivola)
is
a
teenager
trying
to
comprehend
the
drama
of
his
family.
At
the
pre-wedding
festivities,
the
guests
are
all
dressed
like
they
have
stepped
out
of
a
fashion
catalogue.
Greer
is
also
in
preparation
to
launch
her
new
book.
The
social
event
of
the
year
is
all
coming
together
when
Merritt’s
corpse
is
found
floating
in
the
sea.
The
wedding
is
cancelled,
as
the
police
cordon
off
the
house.
The
island’s
cop
Carter
(Michael
Beach)
is
deferential
towards
the
Winburys
but
detective
Nikki
Henry
(Donna
Lynne
Champlin),
flown
in
from
outside,
sees
no
reason
to
treat
the
dysfunctional
clan
with
kid
gloves.
Greer
tries
to
get
her
PR
team
to
spin
Merritt’s
death
as
suicide,
and
gets
a
grieving
Amelia
to
sign
a
Non
Disclosure
Agreement
to
prevent
her
from
talking
to
anyone
about
the
incident.
As
the
cops
question
the
Winburys
and
investigate,
they
conclude
that
it
was
a
murder,
and
everyone
seems
to
be
a
suspect.
From
Tag
and
Greer
downwards,
all
the
Winburys
have
secrets,
and
a
reason
to
murder
Merritt.
Director
Susanne
Bier
and
writer
Jenna
Lamia,
have
mostly
stuck
to
the
novel,
except
towards
the
end
when
they
simplify
it
to
point
to
a
single
killer,
instead
of
a
series
of
unfortunate
coincidences.
For
no
reason,
the
names
of
some
of
the
characters
have
been
changed.
That
does
not
take
away
from
the
entertainment
value
of
the
show,
which
satiriSes
the
lives
of
the
rich
and
famous.
There
is,
of
course,
no
such
thing
as
the
perfect
couple,
as
all
of
them
who
pretend
to
be
faithful
and
caring
are
cheating
hypocrites.
Greer,
who
lives
behind
a
self-created
facade,
has
to
watch
her
flimsy
house
of
cards
tumble.
The
Perfect
Couple has
suspense,
humour,
romance
and
gorgeous
visuals.
Nicole
Kidman
with
her
gleaming
blonde
hair
and
alabaster
skin,
totally
dominates
the
show.
Greer
is
not
a
very
likeable
woman
but
she
has
the
most
to
lose,
since
the
men
in
her
family
are
entitled
trust
fund
idlers.
Ishaan
Khatter,
as
the
mysterious
man
of
Indian
origin,
may
have
been
a
diversity
hire
(in
the
book
the
character
is
not
Indian)
but
he
acts
with
confidence
and
fits
right
into
the
sea
of
smooth-skinned
sleek
aristocrats,
being
‘kidnap
rich’
himself.
Shooter
does
not
come
into
his
own
till
the
fourth
episode.
Still,
he
does
well
in
the
part
given
to
him,
and
he
speaks
accentless
English.
The
opening
credits
play
over
a
Bollywood
style
group
dance,
maybe
to
appeal
to
the
Indian
diaspora.
The
Perfect
Couple
streams
on
Netflix.
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