The Yellow Wallpaper

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The Yellow Wallpaper

2021

1h 39m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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Jane, a writer and young mother, is prescribed rest by her physician husband John, who takes her to a remote country estate for the summer. She becomes obsessed with the peculiar yellow wallpaper in the bedroom he has chosen for her. In her isolation, she secretly writes about a woman trapped in the wallpaper--that she must free.

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Nuha Hassan

Nuha Hassan (Medium)

The movie is endearingly slow, poorly written, and fails to recognise the real horrors of patriarchy.

Sep 4, 2023

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Jenn Adams

Rue Morgue Magazine

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER is a haunting nightmare about the prison of rigid femininity that hits uncomfortably close to home.

Rated: A

Feb 18, 2023

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Jessica Scott

Nightmarish Conjurings

Though the film suffers from a lack of depth and nuance both in its narrative and its lead performance, it expands on the original story in interesting ways and crafts some haunting imagery that strengthens its feminist themes.

Dec 22, 2022

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

Stiflingly literal mounting of the classic feminist tale. Flat and stilted, with no cultural context and no visceral insight into its protagonists plight, and emptiness where there should be empathy.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 28, 2022

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Dolores Quintana

Dolores Quintana

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER is a film and an adaptation that hews very close to the source material and will make you feel uncomfortable. It might make you admit some uncomfortable home truths about yourself, but that means that it was successful in its mission.

Apr 15, 2022

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Kenneth R. Morefield

1More Film Blog

What the film does right -- making the psychosis rather than the patriarchy the antagonist -- comes with challenges.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 29, 2022

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Lisa Louise A

I liked the look of the scenes and found them authentic but overall it seems odd that someone died repaint that room with that disgusting yellow wallpaper. I'd be anxious to paint that room. That was the funny part to me how accepting they were about it. I'd get the paint brush out. So the wallpaper was the strangest thing in the entire movie. A bit depressing 😭

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

11/13/24

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Mom B

Terrible acting! I'm just ten minutes into this movie and already want to turn it off! The acting is so stillted, it's horrible! They're just lobbing their lines back&forth at each other w.absolutely no emotion behind them whatsoever! Robots would emote better

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/14/23

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nils h

I guess this is a student-production? The acting is not even acting, just reading lines. The costumes are " done" by a totally period-blind person. Did the team just go to the local Theatre to borrow whatever fitted the actors ? Pretty setting, but thats all. No need to see.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/26/22

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Cindy L

Probably the most boring gothic horror film I have viewed. I fell asleep.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/28/22

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Not sure what I expected from a gothic feminist horror film. Is A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night or Suspiria (both versions) also feminist horror? The Yellow Wallpaper intrigued me, and after I finished, I read the original text on which it's based. Both are great, but for different reasons. The film abides by the emotion and spirit of the novella but takes on modern interpretations. I can't say what because it might give parts away. The foreboding house and creepiness of the situation got under my skin, and I couldn't help but watch the ending in horror. Or maybe it was the tense soundtrack. I wished some scenes were shorter, but I think that of every movie I've watched (including Dune) in the last year, chalking that up to Covid isolation. But, oh hell, I think I'll watch it again with my wife.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

A stark and chilling account of mental illness that portrays the ways in which women of the 19th century were dismissed as hysterical when enduring postpartum depression. Staying true to the original story penned by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in 1890, the film features a riveting performance by lead actor, Alexandra Loreth (in her feature film debut), with stunning visual storytelling by director, Kevin Pontuti. A mood and atmosphere that lingers long after the credits have stopped rolling.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Synopsis

Jane, a writer and young mother, is prescribed rest by her physician husband John, who takes her to a remote country estate for the summer. She becomes obsessed with the peculiar yellow wallpaper in the bedroom he has chosen for her. In her isolation, she secretly writes about a woman trapped in the wallpaper--that she must free.

Director: Kevin Pontuti
Producer: Joanne Butcher, Peter Galante, Rob Gill, Alexandra Loreth, Sylvia Moore, Zeb Moore, Kevin Pontuti
Screenwriter: Alexandra Loreth, Kevin Pontuti, Alexandra Loreth, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Production Co: Hysteria Pictures , Emerald Giant Productions DAC , Penitent Productions
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 29, 2022
Runtime: 1h 39m

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