Speak of the devil and Christoph Waltz will appear.
No one does “genteel monster” quite likeChristoph Waltz.
Now Waltz takes on the ultimate evil inThe Consultant.
Brittany O’Grady and Nat Wolff in ‘The Consultant’.Michael Desmond/Prime Video
He fosters a gladiatorial atmosphere among the CompWare staff, encouraging and rewarding his employees' worst instincts.
“He’s the boss.
That’s all he is.
Christoph Waltz in ‘The Consultant’.Andrew Casey/Prime Video
I shouldn’t be taking him home, but he just lets himself in whenever he wants to.”
Waltz is, as previously noted, well-cast as the titular consultant.
Though initially obsequious, Patoff immobilizes his targets with polite menace, which Waltz maintains with atypical restraint.
Wolff, a true standout inPeacock’s otherwise-unremarkableJoe vs. Carole, is once again the heart of the operation.
“Where’s the fun in a game without any strategy?”
