Nine Perfect Strangers
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The wellness-industrial complex is a multiarmed behemoth.
Does a lot of it line the pockets of snake-oil peddlers who use self-help as a get-rich-quick scheme?
Life is suffering until you die, Masha says.
Wouldnt you rather be reborn?
What will Levine bring to this?
Even with all that, doesnt Random Acts of Mayhem start a little slowly?
Maybe a dozen or so guests are too many to introduce in 44 minutes.
What could the smug, asshole-ish Lars (Luke Evans) ever want to change about himself?
I dont doubt that people entering into a situation like this would be cagey or guarded.
I am thoroughly enthralled bythat.
For ten days, these people will work on themselves, although their motivations for transformation vary.
Is his singing We got the golden ticket a little too much?
But all the other guests are a little too much too.
Theyre rich, young, and hot but clearly not on the same wavelength.
), and finally departs with I can see now that youre a tragic person.
Have a good day.
Of course, theyre going to the same place and dont know it yet!
How is this group going to tolerate one another over ten days?
Everyone struggles against handing over their cell phones and the blood draws Masha and her team insist upon.
Jessica takes offense to Carmels saying she already looks perfect.
Tony uses an ancient tree as a urinal.
Lars tries to reach an ex on a smuggled smart watch and is spied upon by Zoe.
Leon unknowingly crashes Jessicas attempt at rekindling some romance with Ben.
The vibe seems a little charged, right?
Masha knows what shes doing, Yao insists, but what is that, exactly?
Masha chose these nine people to be there together.
Tragedy can be a blessing, Masha intones, but maybe her methods wont work for everyone.
Who really wants to be told that suffering is the only way to self-fulfillment?
Can you imagine paying for this?
Have We Achieved Nirvana Yet?
Unlike inThe Undoing, thats not Kidman singing during the trippy,Annihilation-like opening credits ofNine Perfect Strangers.
The droning cover of the decades-old pop song This Strange Effect is by Belgian alternative group Hooverphonic.
In a strange confluence of location switching, the novelNine Perfect Strangersis set outside Sydney, Australia.
We live in a time when there is still not aSpy 2, and thats just wrong.
Whos texting Lars, Youre a fucking narcissist?
(Ahem: That analysis seems correct.)
Related: Who shot Masha?
What if theres a murderer or a bear?
Rian Johnson, theres your idea forKnives Out 3!
