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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Valeri P

I loved every minute of this movie. Outstanding acting and cinematography. Beautifully done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/03/23

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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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Kathleen K

The movie failed on all accounts depicting the true gravity and horror of being a woman suffering from mental illness at a time when women weren't thought emotionally or intellectually complex enough to experience existence beyond primitive urges. In addition, the lead actress's performance was flat and derivative and at no time was I convinced she hadn't just stepped out of Acting 101 to audition for the role on her lunch break.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/18/22

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Audience Member

This movie is such a nothing long nightmare! First, let me say I love indie Horror films. I love abstract, slow burns, mystery and this is none of these things. This movie is a waist of life. The character goes nowhere and literally does nothing! The sound makes you think it's going to be incredible what a sad sad miss! You should watch Anything else! Looking out of your homes bathroom window is more scary and interesting than this movie .

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Kevin Pontuti

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Alexandra Loreth

Jane

Joe Mullins

John

Jeanne O'Connor

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Clara Harte

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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 , Penitent Productions, Emerald Giant Productions DAC
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 29, 2022
Runtime: 1h 39m

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