The Perfect Couple

[artichokie]

Omg I’m trying to watch this and just chill out tonight but it is terrible. The acting is bad and that horrifically cheesy choreographed dance number in the beginning?!!?

[isabel]

Meh, I liked it.

[gummy]

I liked it, my husband hated it.

[starburst604]

I loved it and I’m not ashamed. I think you have to just accept it as campy.

[cville]

I liked it.

I also knew who did it in like episode 3. But it was still fun.

[7costanza]

I liked it, it’s not going to win any awards but I thought it was campy and entertaining. I read the book when it came out but remember nothing other than a wedding guest died at the beginning so it was all new to me, lol.

[starburst604]

Plus it’s set in Nantucket, a place that I love.

[cville]

I also spent a good portion of the show going OMG that's BONO's daughter.

[wanderingback]

Sept 18, 2024 20:16:40 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

I loved it and I’m not ashamed. I think you have to just accept it as campy.

Yes exactly!

[tacokick]

I think the appeal was the cheese! I didn’t expect to be good-good—similar to the authors books imo

I did think there was only one person who made sense as the killer and they could have tried to make that more of a mystery but I guess it was really more about the family than a mystery despite all the interrogation scenes.

[wildrice]

Sept 18, 2024 20:29:28 GMT -5 7costanza said:

I liked it, it’s not going to win any awards but I thought it was campy and entertaining. I read the book when it came out but remember nothing other than a wedding guest died at the beginning so it was all new to me, lol.

Glad I'm not the only one who read it and completely forgot the plot, lol.

I've only watched the first episode so far but plan to continue!

[mysteriouswife]

It wasn’t my favorite show that I will watch over and over. I want to watch it again since I think I missed some small things.

Can we all agree Shooter was hot? Also that Tom is a dick?

[InBetweenDays]

I enjoyed it. Nothing ground breaking but definitely entertaining.

[InBetweenDays]

Sept 18, 2024 20:30:18 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

Plus it’s set in Nantucket, a place that I love.

Yes but most of it wasn't filmed there! Which was disappointing.

[konapoppy]

A great binge. I liked the dance credits lol.

[Deleted]

I also liked it, for what it was. Yes, Shooter was definitely hot. But Liev Schrieber, despite playing a very unlike able character, was also hot in a silver fox kinda way.

[basilosaurus]

Oh, I totally forgot about this. I watched 3 episodes. I guess that's your answer. I'm sure I'll finish it at some point

[gummybear]

We are watching it and enjoying it. It’s silly and fluffy but it’s not really trying too hard. It’s full of actors I like and I am appreciative of the fact that Nicole Kidman is not Floating and Ethereal for a change and actually has a bit of an edge.

[starburst604]

Sept 19, 2024 1:10:30 GMT -5 @villainv said:

I also liked it, for what it was. Yes, Shooter was definitely hot. But Liev Schrieber, despite playing a very unlike able character, was also hot in a silver fox kinda way.

I’ve always liked him. Somehow in my head he was more my age and not father of adult kids age? But that’s probably just me in denial of how old I actually am.

[deadwing]

I watched it and liked it. It's not a great masterpiece of television, but it was reasonably entertaining.

While Shooter is hot, I found his name to be a massive turn off. In the infinite world of names for a fictional character, choosing 'Shooter' in this day and age is in very poor taste, IMO.

[joy]

Apparently the cast was angry about the dance number.

I actually liked it. It was silly and fun, which was a sharp contrast to what the show is about. It’s a lie and a misdirect just like every character and the family as a whole.

Nicole Kidman seems like an ice queen in every role she does and I’ve now decided in real life. Does she have personality?

Benji looked like Topher Grace and Will looked like James Franco. And Amelia was from The Nick. I was distracted by all this.

[ssmjlm]

The author of the book is mediocre at best. She's a nantucket Colleen Hoover for perspective. Nothing ground breaking, so the show won't be either.

Kidman's wig was what I followed the most, LOL.

I knew who did it pretty early.

Was Dakota Fanning always a bad actress or just as she's aged?

[konapoppy]

Sept 19, 2024 6:17:27 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

Sept 19, 2024 1:10:30 GMT -5 @villainv said:

I also liked it, for what it was. Yes, Shooter was definitely hot. But Liev Schrieber, despite playing a very unlike able character, was also hot in a silver fox kinda way.

I’ve always liked him. Somehow in my head he was more my age and not father of adult kids age? But that’s probably just me in denial of how old I actually am.

Interesting - he is 56. I feel like they did makeup to age him/match his consumption habits. Especially next to the fakeness of Nicole Kidman’s face - wig included. To me it got to a bit of the old money v new money angle.

Or maybe he just looks that old now 🤣🤣🤣

[shauni27]

Sept 19, 2024 0:20:05 GMT -5 konapoppy said:

A great binge. I liked the dance credits lol.

I really liked the dance credits too, even just to see Nicole Kidman smile for once, lol.

I really enjoyed the show. It felt like a campier version of White Lotus. I finished it in 2 days.

[meowmaps]

I thought it was fine. My husband fell asleep a few times. Haha.

I loved the woman detective. I’m too lazy to look up her name but I’ve only seen her in My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend so it was interesting to see her in a serious role.

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Sept 19, 2024 6:17:27 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

Sept 19, 2024 1:10:30 GMT -5 @villainv said:

I also liked it, for what it was. Yes, Shooter was definitely hot. But Liev Schrieber, despite playing a very unlike able character, was also hot in a silver fox kinda way.

I’ve always liked him. Somehow in my head he was more my age and not father of adult kids age? But that’s probably just me in denial of how old I actually am.

Wikipedia tells me he was born in ‘67, which makes him closer to my age than my parents age, but barely. I think they made him look a little older. He also recently played Otto Frank (Anne Frank’s father) in A Small Light and they made him look older in that too (despite Otto Frank not being terribly old then).

[starburst604]

Sept 19, 2024 7:55:23 GMT -5 @villainv said:

Sept 19, 2024 6:17:27 GMT -5 starburst604 said:

I’ve always liked him. Somehow in my head he was more my age and not father of adult kids age? But that’s probably just me in denial of how old I actually am.

Wikipedia tells me he was born in ‘67, which makes him closer to my age than my parents age, but barely. I think they made him look a little older. He also recently played Otto Frank (Anne Frank’s father) in A Small Light and they made him look older in that too (despite Otto Frank not being terribly old then).

I guess I hadn't seen watched anything of his since Ray Donovan, so I was still picturing that version of him. I think they did make him look older, but I still like him! 

[Jalapeñomel]

Sept 19, 2024 6:50:02 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

The author of the book is mediocre at best. She's a nantucket Colleen Hoover for perspective. Nothing ground breaking, so the show won't be either.

Kidman's wig was what I followed the most, LOL.

I knew who did it pretty early.

Was Dakota Fanning always a bad actress or just as she's aged?

Did you watch the show with the girl from the Act and Zac Efron? Where Nicole Kidman's hair was a weird yellow??

[ssmjlm]

Sept 19, 2024 8:10:09 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

Sept 19, 2024 6:50:02 GMT -5 ssmjlm said:

The author of the book is mediocre at best. She's a nantucket Colleen Hoover for perspective. Nothing ground breaking, so the show won't be either.

Kidman's wig was what I followed the most, LOL.

I knew who did it pretty early.

Was Dakota Fanning always a bad actress or just as she's aged?

Did you watch the show with the girl from the Act and Zac Efron? Where Nicole Kidman's hair was a weird yellow??

Yes! My mom and I had a long conversation about her hair and botox in that movie.

[ECB]

Sept 19, 2024 6:25:35 GMT -5 joy said:

Nicole Kidman seems like an ice queen in every role she does and I’ve now decided in real life. Does she have personality?

I'm confused by her these days!  I feel like she's a one note actress now and I'm not drawn to any of her shows.  There was one... on Prime, maybe, where she and her husband were in Singapore, I think.  I couldn't watch it.  

And her wigs!!!!  They are so distracting.