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Stay Close (2021)
Painful to watch
This is so bad that it's laughable. Definitely the worst Harlen Coben adaptation yet. I honestly did not realize how much of an impact that sound editing can have until I watched this show. The background sounds are unnecessarily harsh and narrate everything as if to tell the audience how to feel. It made it difficult to focus on the actual story, which itself was too implausible to be engaging. The theatrical assassins? A woman who changes her identity only to stay in the same town for 17 years? And also somehow has the defense skills to swiftly take down two men at the same time? Not to mention the glaring continuity gaps and plot holes, lack of character development, and constant on-the-nose dialogue. Overall too silly and soap opera-like to take seriously as a thriller.