

Kelley and author Liane Moriarty) who gave us “Big Little Lies,” the far juicier and addictively soapy HBO series that also stars Kidman. It’s a surprisingly wobbly, not-good performance from a great actress in a beautifully photographed and occasionally entertaining but mostly ridiculous and off-putting melodrama from some of the same folks (series co-developer David E. Nearly every time Masha delivers a proclamation along the lines of, “Sunlight rains down upon you … swaths of gold, filling you up from your head to your toes, with gratitude and joy for another day, another chance,” Kidman’s accent veers from Russian to American and then a little bit of her native Australian creeps in - and it doesn’t help that she’s uttering nonsense such as “Sunlight rains down upon you,” etc., etc.

Kidman is playing an ethereal, goddess-like, New Age wellness guru named Masha who is originally from Russia but has lived in America for many years. An eight-episode Hulu series premiering with three episodes Wednesday, and continuing with an episode each subsequent Wednesday.
