The Woman in the Window

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I enjoyed this. No it wasn't perfect, parts of it let the movie down but overall it was a tense mystery thriller. If you like twisty thrillers that mess with your head and putting the viewer in the position of questioning the main characters sanity versus reality then like me you'll probably enjoy this. This movie shouldn't be compared to Rear Window. This is agoraphobic alcoholic crazy cat lady who has nothing else to fulfil her days except to spy on the neighbourhood. Enter her new neighbours and her life as she knows it decends into a a living nightmare for multiple reasons. One of the much better movies of 2021.

For sure this one has Hitchcock written all over it. The Rear Window film clip near the beginning, the music, the set-up. But I liked it. Starts slow, but gets better and more tense along the way. Don't hesitate to watch it when you like a good thriller.

First of all, I cannot understand the reviews from critics being SO harsh? I had read reviews pre-watching and was expecting a train wreck, but was very pleasantly surprised. They clearly did not read the book or watch the trailer to see the style the movie was taking before watching. Personally I loved the style of the film, the colour pallette and the set. It absolutely lived up to the book in my opinion- it's completely unrealistic to expect every detail from a novel to be included in a 2 hour film, anything that was left out did not effect the storyline. The performances were great all round, the only negative I can say is that there weren't enough scenes/screen time with the side characters- however this may be down to the extensive reshoots and reworking the film went through. I loved the ending, it really gave the feeling of a classic horror/thriller but through a more modern lense. I highly recommend this movie, think people are being unreasonably harsh and bitter.