Review of The Woman in the Window (2021) by Theredsky — 17 May 2021

Probably the most disappointing release of 2021 so far. I was really excited to see this because I love the actors and the film looked very interesting. I was only right about the actors. I think Amy Adams did a good job in her role as she usually does but not great.

Gary Oldman was very over the top at points but did good and Anthony Mackie was underutilized. Everyone else was fine. Gary Oldman’a kid in the movie was incredibly annoying and I didn’t really like Julianne Moore’s performance.

The script is pretty awful at points. A lot of this dialogue is incredibly forced and awkward and doesn’t leave a lot to be interpreted. This film prides itself on trying to make you think but the reveal makes all of that incredibly pointless.

The first two acts of the film are pretty dull. It’s a confusing, disjointed mess. The third act is abysmal though. The reveals were awful and the circumstances were terrible and obnoxious. It ruined any semblance of ambiguity the film had which really sucked.

I did like some of the shots though. They felt cool and unique along with some of the framing and lighting but it’s fruitless in the overall scope of the story. The music was good but felt poorly used.

Some scenes had music that probably shouldn’t and some scenes had music that felt like it belonged at other points in the movie. It’s a disjointed mess of a film that I wouldn’t recommend.