I had certain expectations about what The Perfect Couple, creator Jenna Lami’s six-part crime/drama/mystery series starring Nicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning and Liev Schreiber would be like. Especially after enjoying the trailer several times over.
However, outside of the polished surroundings, sunny days, understated luxury fashion and some interrogation scenes, The Perfect Couple proved to be largely slow and boring.
I’d hoped for a somewhat sophisticated story execution in a series about a wedding gathering gone wrong – thanks to a murder at a rich family’s Nantucket Harbour estate. Unfortunately, the result felt more comparable to a dull soap opera than a well-written and engaging series starring Kidman and Schreiber.
Worst of all, I certainly didn’t expect to have to watch The Perfect Couple the way I ‘watch’ some reality TV shows, but I was left with no choice.
Just like much of reality TV, which has a habit of barely moving the story forward in each episode, Lami’s show had this issue. To the point where, after sitting through the first two episodes of The Perfect Couple, I could then only watch the last ten minutes of episodes three, four, and five – before skipping forward to watch the final sixth episode. Believe me when I say that I missed next to nothing by skipping almost half the episodes.
When I watch reality shows, once the key characters are established in the first couple of episodes, I’ll only watch the first few minutes of the start of the following episodes, where they recap what happened previously. Brilliant time saver, if I say so myself.
Back to The Perfect Couple, I always had the option to stop watching altogether, but, the acting wasn’t terrible. Plus, I wanted to see the mystery solved. I only wish it had felt less tedious overall.
Lastly, as always, if you’re curious enough, give The Perfect Couple a chance. You may have a better time than I did.
Happy Film Loving,
G
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