Netflix’s Steamy Campus Sex Comedy ‘Vladimir’ Has Chemistry Between Rachel Weisz and Leo Woodall, But Never Reaches a Climax: TV Review
Variety | 05.03.2026 14:01
When attached to a story about sexually indiscreet academics of fine literature, the name “Vladimir” automatically invokes the author Nabokov. (Problematic age gaps in teacher-student relationships recall “Lolita,” though a closer analog might be the campus satire “Pnin.”) But when attached to a television show about an unnamed, unreliable narrator (Rachel Weisz) directly addressing the camera, another influence comes to the fore: “Fleabag,” in which Phoebe Waller-Bridge elevated breaking the fourth wall into an art form.
