"I can't say I had Jack Whitehall stars with David The X Files/ Californication' Duchovny in glossy TV thriller on my 2025 bingo card, but here we are, and a good time with it can be had by all. Alongside, perhaps, a smidge of national pride to see the daft lad from Fresh Meat, Bad Education and Travels With My Father all grown up and holding his own."
"The glossy thriller in question is Malice, in which Whitehall plays Adam, a tutor promoted to manny (male nanny, for those not au fait with rich people's terms), who is bent for reasons as yet unknown on ruining high-rolling businessman Jamie Tanner (Duchovny). Whether he has it in for the rest of the Tanner family and friends, or they are just doomed to be collateral damage, is not clear, but that doesn't spoil the machiavellian fun."
"Adam arrives at the Tanners' opulent Greek island estate as tutor to the children of Jamie's guests, Jules (Christine Adams) and Damien (Raza Jaffrey), who are very much the beta setting for the Tanners' alpha display. Adam quickly makes himself interesting (with his knowledge about the surrounding islands' mythic heritage, thanks to studying classics at university) and useful (with his knowledge of cocktail and calamari-making and willingness to do domestic chores while still having time to accompany Jamie to local strip clubs)."
Malice follows Adam, a former classics student who becomes a manny at the Tanner family’s opulent Greek island estate. He aims to ruin businessman Jamie Tanner and manipulates the household while gathering secrets. Adam uses his knowledge of local myth, cooking skills, and domestic work to ingratiate himself and to set traps, including destroying Jamie's passport and poisoning food. Relationships fray as Adam flirts with Jamie’s wife, Nat, and exploits the guests Jules and Damien. The thriller blends glossy production values with machiavellian plotting and darkly comic performances, especially from Whitehall and Duchovny.
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