The Woman in the Window
Overview
The Woman in the Window is a 2021 psychological thriller film directed by Joe Wright, based on the 2018 novel by A.J. Finn. The film stars Amy Adams as Anna Fox, an agoraphobic child psychologist who lives alone in a New York City townhouse. She spies on her new neighbors, the Russell family. She witnesses something shocking, and she becomes involved in a mystery. The film is a tense, twisty, and suspenseful thriller. It was a critical and commercial failure, earning only $4 million on a $40 million budget. The film was panned by critics, who compared it unfavorably to Rear Window and The Girl on the Train. Amy Adams gives a committed performance, but the film is undone by its weak script and its over-reliance on twists. The film explores themes of trauma, perception, and the unreliability of the narrator.
