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Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Disclaimer’ Is a Failed Attempt at a Feminist Thriller: TV Review
Written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Apple TV+'s 'Disclaimer' stars Cate Blanchett in a failed feminist thriller.
Catherine’s actual work is ignored by the show in favor of its symbolic import: She’s dedicated her life to unveiling the truth, but when a self-published novel called “The Perfect Stranger” lands on her doorstep, the book’s contents imply her affluent existence may be built on a lie. In the present, Stephen sends compromising photographs of Catherine to her posh husband Rob (Sacha Baron Cohen, enjoyably pathetic as a cuckold), who enters a downward spiral of sexual insecurity, and catfishes her now-adult son Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee), a slacker who lives in a dingy shared flat and works at an appliance store. The roving camera seems to hunt Blanchett through her character’s London townhouse and hip industrial office space, both impeccably rendered in contrast with Stephen’s dowdy row house by production designer Neil Lamont and set decorator Pancho Chamorro.
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