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There are times when a movie like Perfect Stranger can achieve the status of a "guilty pleasure" - assuming there's plenty of sex and nudity to go along with the purple prose and cheap twists. “In ten days, you will be transformed,” she tells them, as they surround her in a later clip, each lying in open graves they apparently dug themselves.What would happen if a late-night, D-grade direct-to-cable thriller excised all of the raunchily enjoyable elements and managed to attract an A-list cast? The result might be shockingly like Perfect Stranger, a movie so inane that it fails to rise to the level of "good trash." Like Hannibal Rising, this is one of those dumb thrillers where's it's tough to decide which element is worse: the direction, the editing, the acting, or the writing. “Surrender yourself to me,” she demands of her visitors, who gather around her in something not unlike a prayer circle. The trailer feels directly inspired by similar projects, like Big Little Lies and The Undoing.Ī trailer for the adaptation, which reveals only that the show is “coming soon,” depicts a dewy Kidman in a white pantsuit, her voice lilting in a meditative vibrato.

However, these nine 'perfect' strangers have no idea what is about to hit them. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. In an interview with The Guardian, Moriarty said she was inspired by “this desire we all have for transformation.” She continued, “I can never see an article that says, ‘Just change this one thing about your life and you’ll be transformed forever’-even though you know when you click on it, it won’t work, I find it irresistible.”Īn official logline for the Hulu adaptation, via Variety, reads: It takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Nine Perfect Strangers, the author’s eighth adult novel, is set at a fancy wellness retreat, in which the mysterious resort director reigns over her customers’ minds and bodies.

The source material for the series, which was confirmed by THRin May 2019, is the 2018 novel of the same name by Moriarty.

The show is based on a book by Liane Moriarty. But as a producer, there’s an enormous amount of stress, feeling responsible for over 300 people’s safety and health.” As an actor, it’s just amazing to be able to work. But you always know that at some point it could shut down, which is stressful. “It’s an ensemble, so 10 actors that are all working together, that are adjusting to being tested every day,” she told the outlet. In October 2020, Kidman spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about the “strict protocol” surrounding production on the series, particularly in group scenes involving all 10 principle actors.