"The Five-Star Weekend"
Hostess Jennifer Garner toasts her friends in “The Five-Star Weekend,” from Peacock

"The Five-Star Weekend"

Jennifer Garner is at the top of her game hosting a girls’ weekend in Nantucket where the lids come off emotions to merry, malicious effect.

By Peter Travers

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★★½ (2½ out of 4)

For unenlightened men for whom the idea of five women talking at them is a nightmare that belongs on Elm Street, “The Five-Star Weekend,” now streaming on Peacock, can cause a reaction akin to anaphylactic shock. Too bad, guys. You might just learn something. Adapted by Bekah Brunstetter from a 2023 bestseller by beach-read queen Elin Hilderbrand, this eight-part series really delivers, even as fun fades to darker territory.

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