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‘The Consultant’: a deliciously creepy star turn for Christoph Waltz

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Christoph Waltz’s face deserved a series. The breakout star of Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film Inglourious Basterds has long excelled at playing the finicky, penetrating villain.

Observant, charismatic, he brings a physicality to his roles that intimidates precisely because it is neither imposing nor muscle-bound.

Prime Video’s The Consultant spins a psychological thriller with comic overtones around that trademark malevolent courtesy.

The result is deliciously creepy and not entirely coherent. It feels like a ghost story you hear around the

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