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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Phil Harrison

Vladimir and Young Sherlock: the seven best shows to stream this week

Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall in Vladimir.
Rules of attraction … Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall in Vladimir. Photograph: Netflix

Pick of the week
Vladimir

Rachel Weisz’s literature professor M is struggling with middle age and worried she may never be “the cause of a spontaneous erection” ever again. Worse still, her academic husband John (John Slattery) is not only still taking advantage of their marriage’s open status but losing his tenure as a result. Into this chaos comes Vladimir (Leo Woodall), a charming, married professor. Through him, M sees her past – sexy, young, sadly irretrievable – and she becomes dangerously obsessed. Vladimir is adapted from a novel by Julia May Jonas and its literary roots are obvious: fourth wall-breaking and fantasy sequences explore M’s internality. But it is a witty deconstruction of a midlife crisis.
Netflix, from Thursday 4 March

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