‘Black Doves’ Review: Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw Shine in Netflix’s Darkly Festive Spy Thriller
“I have a cheese grater in the dishwasher. I have a peeler. I have skewers. I have a kettle. I have a NutriBullet.”
These words are uttered by Helen (Keira Knightley), prim and proper wife of an ascending government minister (Andrew Buchan’s Wallace), to a houseguest in the second episode of Netflix’s new drama Black Doves.
Helen is more than just proud of her well-appointed kitchen, and her visitor is more than just a late-night caller. He’s an assassin, sent to kill her for … reasons. She’s a spy. Her list of available culinary implements is less bougie braggadocio and more a warning that behind her public image as a well-put-together spouse, mother and domestic goddess is a woman capable of turning the fruits of a Williams Sonoma shopping spree into instruments of torture.
It’s a great line and a great scene, in a six-episode series...
These words are uttered by Helen (Keira Knightley), prim and proper wife of an ascending government minister (Andrew Buchan’s Wallace), to a houseguest in the second episode of Netflix’s new drama Black Doves.
Helen is more than just proud of her well-appointed kitchen, and her visitor is more than just a late-night caller. He’s an assassin, sent to kill her for … reasons. She’s a spy. Her list of available culinary implements is less bougie braggadocio and more a warning that behind her public image as a well-put-together spouse, mother and domestic goddess is a woman capable of turning the fruits of a Williams Sonoma shopping spree into instruments of torture.
It’s a great line and a great scene, in a six-episode series...
- 12/4/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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