The Woman in the Window Movie Review: Amy Adams' Netflix Thriller Is A Messy Version Of Its Predecessors
The Woman in the Window is a thinned down versions of its predecessors like The Girl on the Train, A Simple Favour, and Things Heard And Seen. It's best skipped as there isn't much to experience from the film anyways.
Star
Cast:
Amy
Adams,
Gary
Oldman,
Julianne
Moore,
Wyatt
Russell
Director:
Joe
Wright
Available
On:
Netflix
Language:
English
Duration:
100
minutes
Story:
The
story
follows
an
agoraphobic
psychologist,
Amy
Adams
who
befriends
a
neighbour
Jane
Russell
and
her
son
who
seems
to
be
abused
by
Jane's
husband.
However,
her
life
turns
upside
down
when
she
sees
Jane
getting
killed
but
nobody
believes
her
as
Mr
Russell
presents
a
different
Jane
in
front
of
the
cops.
Review:
Directed
by
Joe
Wright,
the
film
is
based
on
JA
Finn's
2018
novel
of
the
same
name,
The
Woman
in
the
Window.
The
film
follows
many
other
thrillers
in
the
genre
with
a
woman
in
the
lead
who
overcomes
her
inner
demons
as
she
experiences
traumatic
events.
The
film
also
brings
a
list
of
talented
cast
members
including
Amy
Adams,
Gary
Oldman,
Julianne
Moore,
Wyatt
Russell,
Fred
Hechinger
and
Jennifer
Jason
Leigh
but
lets
down
the
audience
in
execution.
The
story
follows
Dr
Anna
Fox,
who
lives
in
a
big
brownstone
on
a
quiet
block
in
Harlem.
Suffering
from
acute
agoraphobia
and
chronic
anxiety,
Anna
spends
all
of
her
time
in
the
house
alone
keeping
an
eye
on
the
neighbours
and
watching
thriller
movies.
Her
tenant
David
(Wyatt
Russell)
seems
like
the
only
person
she
interacts
with
other
than
her
shrink,
who
makes
house
calls.
Anna
who
is
a
psychologist
herself
doesn't
trust
her
shrink
and
instead
chooses
to
treat
her
acute
agoraphobia
and
chronic
anxiety
with
a
lot
of
pills
and
a
large
glass
of
wine
which
is
always
at
arms'
length.
But
her
quiet
life
is
quickly
interrupted
by
a
new
family
moving
into
the
house
across
from
her
street.
Anna
is
suspicious
of
the
family.
She
asks
her
shrink,
"Who
moves
into
a
house
one
day
after
a
paint
job?" She
even
attempts
to
track
them
online
but
doesn't
find
anything.
Her
curiosity
gets
better
of
her
when
the
neighbour's
son
Ethan
comes
home
with
a
lavender-scented
candle,
as
a
gift.
Soon
after
it
is
the
wife
Jane
Russell
and
husband
Alistar
Russell
walking
into
her
home.
Anna
knows
in
her
gut
that
something
is
wrong
with
the
family
and
it
clicks
when
she
watches
Jane
get
stabbed.
However,
after
a
failed
attempt
at
leaving
her
house,
Anna
finds
herself
back
at
home
with
two
cops
in
her
house
along
with
the
entire
Russell
family,
including
a
new
Jane
Russell.
Nobody
believes
in
what
Anna
saw,
why
would
they,
she
is
a
pill
popper
and
an
alcoholic.
While
the
premise
of
the
story
is
exciting,
the
makers
spent
half
the
movie
just
setting
up
the
story,
leaving
very
little
screen
time
for
Anna
to
investigate,
suspect
her
surrounding
and
sabotage
her
own
life.
The
rest
of
the
film
rushes
to
piece
the
story
together.
Towards
the
end,
all
characters
just
give
up
the
entire
story
in
a
monologue,
leaving
the
audience
with
nothing
to
experience
for
themselves.
Even
the
climax
scene
can
be
best
remembered
for
its
sloppiness.
The
Woman
in
the
Window
focuses
more
on
Anna's
inner
demons,
attempting
at
a
mix
of
crime
thriller
and
a
psychological
thriller
but
ends
up
being
neither.
The
wafer-thin
screenplay
gives
the
talented
cast
very
little
to
work
with
except
long
pauses,
awkward
stares
and
a
bunch
of
yelling.
The
film
does
offer
some
twists
that
come
out
of
nowhere
because
it
literally
gives
you
nothing
to
watch
out
for
in
the
first
place.
Overall,
The
Woman
in
the
Window
is
a
thinned
down
versions
of
its
predecessors
like
The
Girl
on
the
Train,
A
Simple
Favour,
and
Things
Heard
And
Seen.
It's
best
skipped
as
there
isn't
much
to
experience
from
the
film
anyways.