Wayward ★★★½ (Netflix)

This time, it’s official: you’re terrible, Evelyn. In this knotty American mystery-thriller Muriel’s Wedding star Toni Collette plays Evelyn Wade, the beatific administrator of a facility for troubled teenagers whose desire to help is confronting.

“Most people go their entire lives without a proper hug,” Evelyn will declare, embracing someone she’s just met and then never truly letting go. With a serene smile and sadistic instincts, Evelyn is that modern monster writ large: the wellness guru. Collette masterfully draws every drop of malevolence from the role.

Steadily revealed, Evelyn is the show’s fulcrum, seen at wildly different angles by the other characters. For police officer Alex Dempsey (Mae Martin, the show’s creator), Evelyn is the mentor to his no

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