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The Woman in the Window
If you are looking for an old fashioned, good murder mystery-suspense film, well, ‘The Woman in the Window’ on Netflix is not it. I am so disappointed too as I really loved the premise, the trailer and the fact that it is has a great cast – Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman and, the so under appreciated, Jennifer Jason Leigh. That is not to say it is all bad but it is definitely not the film I expected it to be.
I think this film was doomed early on anyway with the drama surrounding the author of the novel on which the film was based (which has been on my TBR list since 2017). Apparently an article a couple of years ago exposed the author, whose real name is Dan Mallory but his pseudonym is AJ Finn, as someone who had created stories about himself in order to further his career and was referred to as a fantasist. Then production started on the film but it encountered many problems and was delayed being released. Then rewrites of the film took place as test audiences were confused about what was happening in the film. So it sounds like this one should have been shelved and rewritten.
For those not familiar with the story, Amy Adams, who does a great job with what she has, plays anxiety ridden, agoraphobic Dr. Anna Fox, who has not been able to leave her house for 10 months. Since she is ‘trapped’, other than having a tenant who lives on her downstairs apartment/spare room, she is alone and spends her time watching the outside world through her windows. It just so happens new neighbors, the Russell family, move in across the street and Anna becomes fixated on them, thinking she witnesses the murder of the wife, Jane, played by Julianne Moore. Here starts the mystery and question of what is real and what is not.
There are a few suspenseful, tense moments and some moments of good acting but the film just does not get its ‘act’ together and leaves you with more questions than answers. Big disappointment to say the least. I am moving on to the book to see how much better that is.
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