The Perfect Couple to Slow Horses: the seven best shows to stream this week

The Perfect Couple to Slow Horses: the seven best shows to stream this week

There’s more money, more problems in a superb Nicole Kidman drama, and Gary Oldman’s slovenly sleuth and his bickering foals are back for another lap

More drama about the genteel torments of extreme wealth, adapted from Elin Hilderbrand’s 2018 novel. It follows the preparations for the wedding of Amelia Sacks (Eve Hewson), a quirky young woman about to marry into one of Nantucket’s richest and most insufferable families. As the guests assemble at their beautiful beachside mansion, rivalries emerge, grudges are aired and microaggressions mount. When a body is found in the water, it’s impossible to rule anyone out. The dialogue isn’t deadly enough to match its most obvious precedent, The White Lotus, but the fine cast (Nicole Kidman, Dakota Fanning and many more) keep things scurrilously watchable.
Netflix, from Thursday 5 September

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