The Beast in Me

Matt Roush says...

Emmy winners Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys are the headliners of a psychological thriller from the producers of Homeland and The X-Files that depicts the cat-and-mouse (but which is which) relationship between Aggie Wiggs (Danes), a reclusive and emotionally damaged writer, and her new neighbor, the notoriously ruthless real-estate mogul Nile Jarvis (Rhys). He has long been suspected in the disappearance and possible murder of his wife, and after a rocky first meeting (spurred by barking dogs and an intrusive security detail), Aggie begins to think Niles would make a good subject for her next book — if she lives long enough to write it. Both characters are deeply unpleasant, so whether you want to spend eight bloated hours in their company is your choice.

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