There are flashes of low-rent fun to be had here but a busy script makes it feel like a limited series inelegantly cut down to movie length Strung is a cautionary tale about following your gut. Directed by Malcolm D Lee â the under-heralded virtuoso behind Girls Trip, Barbershop and other fine franchises â the Peacock suspense thriller stars Chloe Bailey as Laila, a classical violinist with her sights set on a seat in the city philharmonic. A substitute music teaching gig leaves that dream feeling farther away than ever until Laila meets Lynn Whitfieldâs Audra â who not only offers more stable and lucrative work as a private music tutor for her granddaughter, but also an inside track to the philharmonic. Of course, Laila is too bright-eyed, too bubbly and too overwhelmed by the opulence sheâs suddenly crossed into to see that itâs all too good to be true. Audraâs daughter, Imani (DC Titansâ Anna Diop), is icy and unmoved by this childcare lifeline, even as sheâs well into her third trimester. The prized pupil, Zuri (Romy Woods), is a modern problem child: hyper-allergic, emotionally withdrawn and forever hiding behind a Dahomey warrior mask. The pupilâs antisoci
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There are flashes of low-rent fun to be had here but a busy script makes it feel like a limited series inelegantly cut down to movie length Strung is a cautionary tale about following your gut. Directed by Malcolm D Lee â the…
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