The Woman in the Window (2021)

Cast: Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Fred Hechinger, Gary Oldman

Director: Joe Wright

2021 American psychological thriller movie The Woman in the Window is based on a novel by A J Finn by the same name. There are several reports of re-shoots and re-edits of this film still getting mixed reviews, most of which are negative.

The story is about a woman who is agoraphobic (Fear of places and situations that might cause panic, helplessness or embarrassment) and depressed as well taking a treatment at her home. Home captivity develop a habit of looking out of the window and keep watch on everyone around in her as a healthy way to get out of depression. But soon this habit becomes an obsession as the new neighbors moved in and their son tries to talk and befriend.

The things turn around when she witness a murder and find herself between a messed up situation where it’s hard to decide between friction and reality.

I am not much of a reader so the best part is not comparing the movie with the book. But the story of the film reminds me of a Bollywood movie ‘Judgemental hai Kya’ released in 2019. It’s rare that I found a Hollywood movie similar to Bollywood as mostly it’s the opposite.

The suspense of the film is quite thrilling and also unexpected. Even the storyline is interesting but still I can understand why many of them don’t like it. No no, I am not going to compare it with the book but yes I find the story very slow and even after being a thriller most of us can skip in between while watching on Netflix to get to the main point.

But still the film is a good watch and the ending will surprise you. When I said the movie has mixed reviews, I will give a positive one for this.

Rating: 6.5/10

The post won’t give you any spoilers so you can still have all the excitement while watching the movie. A review by a comman unpaid viewer.