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Natalie Portman’s ‘Lady in the Lake’ Is a Soggy, Pretentious Failure

WASHOUT

Based on the 2020 bestseller, the latest slog of a limited series is implausible and exhausting—helped none by Portman’s baffling, exaggerated performance.

Nick Schager

Entertainment Critic

Published Jul. 18 2024 9:00PM EDT

A photo illustration of Natalie Portman in Lady in the Lake. — Photo Illustration by Thomas Lev/Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty/Apple TV+

Nick Schager

Nick Schager

Entertainment Critic

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