‘The Perfect Couple’ Review: A Bingeable Netflix Whodunit, But Not Much More

Review: 'The Perfect Couple' is Netflix's dumbed-down 'White Lotus'

Nicole Kidman and Liev Schrieber star in "The Perfect Couple," a frothy murder mystery from Netflix that brings a beach read to life.

‘The Perfect Couple’ Review: A Bingeable Netflix Whodunit, But Not Much More

In creating The White Lotus, Mike White caused an inadvertent tsunami across the television industry. It’s impossible, after two seasons of the globe-trotting HBO series, for there not to be copycats—even if those copycats supposedly come from other source material. The Perfect Couple, a six-episode miniseries based on Elin Hilderbrand’s 2018 beach read, is like a sugar-free diet version of The White Lotus. There are beautiful rich people, an as…

‘The Perfect Couple’ Is Netflix’s Attempt to Do ‘The White Lotus’

The opening credits for The Perfect Couple are fun and cute. As Meghan Trainor’s “Criminals” plays, the cast of Netflix’s new limited series - from the A review of Netflix's soapy murder mystery, The Perfect Couple, starring Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Dakota Fanning, Jack Reynor, Eve Hewson, and Meghann Fahy.