The Woman in the Window

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The Woman in the Window

R

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

07/29/2021

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.

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Wenlei Ma

News.com.au

06/05/2021

2/5

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

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Stephen Romei

The Australian

05/24/2021

3.5/5

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

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

12/10/2024

2/5

A visual treat, but short on substance.

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Joonatan Itkonen

Region Free

07/05/2024

1/5

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

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Joe Lipsett

Anatomy of a Scream Podcast Network

05/14/2024

2.5/5

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.

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Dec 1

I'm seeing a LOT of negative reviews on this, and I'm not really sure what people were expecting lol. It's a pretty decent movie for what it is. It's not meant to be like some cinematic masterpiece, it's just a basic thriller movie. The acting is decent, it's filmed well, and it keeps you fairly interested in the outcome. It serves it's purpose honestly, and compared to some of the absolute garbage that's out there, this film definitely has it's dignity. It deserves a higher rating. Do better, tomatoes.

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Brahiam D.

@Roma8 Nov 30

Slow pace, no thrills, no engagement.

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C K

Nov 29

I didn’t like the acting style it just felt so fake. Really slow movie and couldn’t even finish it. If I could I would give it 0 stars.

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Ted B

@Movieaddicted Oct 18

3.5 stars; I guess I'll give the contrarian review for this film. First of all, this movie was advertised as a psychological thriller. A psychological thriller focuses on the psychological states of the characters, exploring themes of perception, memory, and mental instability to build tension and suspense. (I looked up the definition.) It certainly did that. Yes, it did take quite a while to get started. The real tension didn't start until a third of the way through the film when the protagonist observed a frightening thing while in her voyeuristic state of mind. But then it picked up momentum until the end of the film where the major action and the reveal take place. This, to me, was very Hitchcockian. Many of his films didn't really grab you until you were deep into the plot. Once he had you, he didn't let you go until the very end. By the way, I saw some other Hitchcockian traits in this film, "Rear Window" and "Vertigo" for example. Okay. All that being said, two words took this film from compelling to very, very good.... Amy Adams!!! An excellent performance.

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Lydia h

Oct 4

A bad story about a self-centered woman. The worst movie of all time hands down i hated her sm. The woman caused all of her own problems and she does completely stupid things that make so sense at all (and shes very stupid and ugly)

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Waniya S

Jul 20

It was good until the ending ruined it. I mean it wasn’t some great twist but the movie was building up for the twist to be great, so yeah not satisfied with the ending.

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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.

Director: Joe Wright
Producer: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush
Screenwriter: Tracy Letts, A.J. Finn
Production Co: 20th Century Fox, Scott Rudin Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures
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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