I don’t really know where it went wrong with The Woman in the Window, the recent Netflix film release starring Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brian Tyree Henry and Wyatt Russell; but something tells me that if I look too close,I am going find something that I really didn’t want to…
The Woman in the Window (2021) can easily be described as a Rear Window remake, however the source material is from a novel of the same name, written by A.J Finn in 2018. But, just because something is taken from a more modern book, that doesn’t mean its initial inspiration didn’t come from one of Hitchcock’s famous films. I digress.
With director Joe Wright, whose filmography includes Pride and Prejudice (2005), Atonement (2007), and Darkest Hour (2017), you would expect nothing but a good story from a great director. Unfortunately, The Woman in the Window falls flat. The story itself cannot make up its mind, the pacing is all over the place, and some of the acting is so wooden that it makes the Star Wars prequels look good. Yeah, that’s right, I said it! And, as much as I love Amy Adams, I’m sorry, but this is not her best work.