Nicole Kidman has perfected the role of a tortured wife/mom who suffered a devastating loss. She insists on carrying on as if nothing is wrong but is constantly on the verge of a breakdown. In Expats, we don’t know what loss Nicole’s character has suffered when we first meet her, but it’s obvious that something terrible has happened. The other two expats living in Hong Kong, played by Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo, also seem to be barely holding on. How can you not want to know what’s going on? How can you not want to reach inside your screen and hug them, while also worrying that they’ll slap you? Based on a novel by Janice Y. K. Lee, and in the adept hands of Lulu Wang, Expats is here to ask you one central question: how long can you pretend that everything is okay before you break?