The woman in the window movie review

the Women in the window

 Hi there. Today, I'm reviewing The Woman in the Window, a murder mystery that just came out on netflix. 

The woman in the window is the story of an agora phobic woman who befriends a neighbor across the street from her new york city condo only to see her own life turned upside down when her neighbor disappears and she suspects foul play. 

This movie is adapted from a novel of the same name that topped the new york Times bestsellers list for a number of weeks. It stars Amy Adams as the titular Window Woman, as well as Anthony mackie Julianne moore, Wyatt, Russell and Gary Oldman. The fact that this has that incredible cast and is based on a well received book Makes Woman in the Window seems like it should be a promising movie. What is not so promising about women in the window is the fact that it was shot in 2019 and was supposed to come out in 2019.

however much like new mutants before it, after this movie was shown to test audiences and had negative feedback.

 The studio reshot. The movie delayed at three total times, canceled its theatrical release and ultimately dumped it on netflix. Now, having watched Woman in the window, I can't say, I'm surprised to hear any of that information. This movie was a mess. 

 

The story of a housebound person witnessing a crime across the street has been done before instead of a broken leg, like in rear window or house arrest, Like in Disturbia, The reason here is agora phobia. Sure, that's technically different, but ultimately it's all just home confinement mad Libs. Whether the reason is agora phobia or al gore, a phobia doesn't matter. It's still repetition of the same story we've already seen. I was hoping this movie would at least provide a fresh take on the story, but instead woman in the window feels like a lazy rehash.

it's just ripping off better stories and telling them in a worse way. This isn't exactly surprising when I critique this movie's story. I'm ultimately critiquing the source material the book. I haven't read this book but I do know the author was accused of copying another novel called Saving april. 

There was a new york Times article on the controversy that I recommend reading that called the two novels strikingly similar. The author of Woman in The Window denied these claims. However, this author also famously lied about having a brain tumor and lied about his brother and mother dying much like Amy Adams character in this movie.

 It's hard to believe what he's saying. Speaking of Amy Adams, I don't blame her for this movie not working. 

 

The performances aren't bad, as I said, this cast is great, but they just aren't given anything to work with. The motivations are all over the place and there is no reason to like any of these characters. Amy Adams character can be especially grading at times

why Russell's character pink ponds from neutral to homicidal based on what the script needs. During that scene, the sun character is completely inconsistent. 

This movie just feels all over the place. It really feels like a movie that was reshot with a tiara and title cards to explain what's going on and strange Frankenstein scenes throughout It is very disjointed at parts. There were multiple instances were very weird editing and directing choices took me completely out of the movie. Strange graphics and camera movements that did not fit with the tone of this movie. 

Woman in the window seems like it's trying to be 10 different movies at once and failing at all of them with this being a murder mystery. When the mystery is revealed at the end, you wanted to feel like everything just clicks when a mystery is done right and the final puzzle pieces laid down as an audience, a feeling of you for your washes over you. All your questions are answered. You start thinking back seeing earlier scenes and new light.

discussing it with your friends as you leave the theater. The ending just feels right internally. It is incredibly satisfying feeling. When done correctly, one of the window didn't give me that feeling. It just gave me blue balls. I found the ending to be totally unsatisfying. It's not a logical or anything, it technically makes sense, but it's just completely underwhelming. There's no grand reveal, there's nothing to think about after I was just left asking was that it overall I didn't enjoy a woman in the window, it's messy. It never gains traction. Early on. Large chunks of it are an interesting, there aren't likeable characters to get behind may scenes, feel off its tone is confused. There are a number of strange choices that took me out of the movie and the ending ultimately was very met. I want to recommend this to anyone if you like the idea of the premise just go watch rear window Disturbia fright night or enchanted.

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