Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticNicole Kidman’s recent outings in scripted series TV — “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing,” both on HBO — made similar propositions to the viewer: Explore an exclusive world through the eyes of a woman who cannot see it fully.
Both featured Kidman as a privileged woman hiding from an obvious truth about her life. It’s a satisfying formula.“Nine Perfect Strangers,” Hulu’s soapy limited series about an upscale health retreat, has a surface likeness to both of those shows.
But it pushes and strains against expectations. Though based on a Liane Moriarty novel and created by David E. Kelley, as “Big Little Lies” was, “Nine Perfect Strangers” is rougher and odder, and it puts Kidman to more complicated narrative.
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