The Woman in the Window

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The Woman in the Window

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2021

1h 40m

Mystery & Thriller

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Anna Fox (Amy Adams) is an agoraphobic child psychologist who finds herself keeping tabs on the picture perfect family across the street through the windows of her New York City brownstone. Her life is turned upside down when she inadvertently witnesses a brutal crime. Based on the gripping, best-selling novel and adapted by Tracy Letts, shocking secrets are revealed and nothing and no one are what they seem in this suspenseful psychological thriller starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Julianne Moore.

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Critics Consensus

A milquetoast and muddled thriller that drowns in its frenzied homages, The Woman in the Window will have audiences closing their curtains.

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Audience Says

Amy Adams is great, but she's wasted along with the rest of a star-studded cast on a mystery that takes a long time to get going and often doesn't make much sense.

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Esther Zuckerman

Thrillist

After an extremely silly climax, everything wraps up easily and nicely, and you can't help but realize just how cheap these thrills were. But sometimes that's just what the doctor ordered.

Jul 29, 2021

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

A middling, predictable movie that feels like it left most of its personality on the cutting room floor.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 5, 2021

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

It is six-time Oscar nominee Adams, towards the end, who makes it something special.

Rated: 3.5/5

May 24, 2021

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

A visual treat, but short on substance.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 10, 2024

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Joonatan Itkonen

Toisto.net

On paper, [it] should be a bona fide thriller hit. In reality, it’s one of the worst films of the year.

Rated: 1/5

Jul 5, 2024

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

Too long by far considering its obvious twist and nonsensical killer reveal. Amy Adams is doing her best with a nothing character, swathed in billowing pyjamas and hysteria, but aside from a few great visuals by director Wright, this is a miss.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 14, 2024

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The movie wasn't that bad, however it deviated from the book in so many ways it was a completely different story. The book was so much better. Had I not read the book I probably would have given the movie at least 3 stars.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Nina R

Truly one of the worst movies I’ve ever watched. From start to finish, it was like nails on a chalkboard. Painfully awkward, ugly, with corny acting to boot. I loved the book, but if I hadn’t read it I would have had no clue what was going on. I would have rather spent my time watching Sharknado. The best part of this movie was when it ended.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/25/25

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Ian L

It was just ok, not terrible by any means but not really gripping either, not one I’d particularly want to watch again but I’ve certainly seen worse films.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/19/25

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Gregory G

It's an editor's fever dream. In an attempt to inject cool visuals into what basically is a remake of Rear window, the decision was made to use good ole "mental illness makes people see flashing random images". The movie is unbelievably ugly and just plain weird to look at. Amy Adams is probably my favorite actress and this may be her worst performance. Gary Oldman is also making some weird spasms like he has a cramp or something... Geez what a disaster of a movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/25

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Paul G

I saw that this movie had rated quite poorly amongst critics and audiences and for that reason I passed it by for a long time. But it turns out that I shouldn’t always make my movie choices based on ratings because this movie is actually pretty good! Give it a go and see what you think.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/01/25

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acsdoug D

I dozed off during this one, although I was awake for the ending. That was enough to tell me I didn't miss much.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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Synopsis

Anna Fox (Amy Adams) is an agoraphobic child psychologist who finds herself keeping tabs on the picture perfect family across the street through the windows of her New York City brownstone. Her life is turned upside down when she inadvertently witnesses a brutal crime. Based on the gripping, best-selling novel and adapted by Tracy Letts, shocking secrets are revealed and nothing and no one are what they seem in this suspenseful psychological thriller starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Julianne Moore.

Director: Joe Wright
Producer: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush
Screenwriter: Tracy Letts, A.J. Finn
Production Co: Fox 2000 Pictures, Scott Rudin Productions, 20th Century Fox
Rating: R (Violence and Language)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 14, 2021
Runtime: 1h 40m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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