They presumably have no issues that her routine includes random drawing of blood from her guests and, yet, they carp at the inaner stuff. They all have traumas, which is why Masha has selectively curated and accepted them as guests. The nine include a family grieving a death, a football star in the twilight of his fame, a writer fearing oblivion, an Englishman with a just-ended relationship, a particularly rich and young couple having issues, and a perfectly good mother looking to lose some weight and gain some self-esteem. Three episodes down, Amazon Prime Video’s Nine Perfect Strangers is building up to be a mystery that may have spent too much time on the setting than the people who inhabit it - not to mention its cringing co-opting of Indian particulars with, pointedly, no Indian to mar the picture. And, above all, looms the tall, lean mysterious Masha (Nicole Kidman), the queen of this kingdom, in her blonde tresses, white overalls, and a very curious threesome with her two aides. A glass building with swathes of green expanse around it, pools and hot springs, river, brown and yellow tones, wood flooring, bowls showcasing Japanese art of repair, plates resembling sliced tree logs, food that looks almost too lovely to eat, plus is specific to each one’s metabolic requirements, etc etc. Tranquilum is the kind of retreat where being “natural” costs serious money. The sweat and tears shed by the nine, looking for a 2.0 version of themselves that is pared both mentally and physically, sure couldn’t have asked for a more luxurious setting in this David E. It starts with a namaste and is, presumably, headed for Nirvana - by way of meditation, sitting cross-legged on the ground for sessions, acupuncture and lying down in dirt to connect with “Mother Earth”. A svelte Russian Rapunzel, a luxury retreat, nine Americans looking for “transformation”, and a lot of Oriental mysticism.

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