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Apple’s Disclaimer uses sex and scandal to shape your perception of reality
Alfonso Cuarón’s new erotic thriller is all about the power stories have over us.
Though the Apple TV Plus series is a cinematic delight and its lead performances are tremendous, its raw sexuality is what makes it seem like writer / director Alfonso Cuarón ( Gravity, Children of Men) is trying to get you into a very specific kind of headspace. As Catherine’s fear shifts her into investigative reporter mode and she sets out to stop Stephen, Disclaimer leans further into its premise by narrating its story from a perspective that gives you insight into how “The Perfect Stranger” impacts the people who receive pieces of it. Seeing so many of her darkest secrets spelled out in plain text sends Catherine into an internal panic that’s decidedly at odds with the veneer of normalcy she puts on for Robert and their emotionally distant son Nicholas (Kodi Smit-McPhee).
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