The Woman in the Window
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): May 14, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
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6
Mixed:
19
Negative:
14
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80
The TelegraphTim RobeyMay 20, 2021
There’s bad fun to be had in the final stretch – if you go in fully aware that the production flew off the rails. Read full review
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekMay 13, 2021
The picture is enjoyable not so much for its twisty plot—which, even if you haven’t already read the book, is essentially pretty guessable—as for its artful dedication to its own highly theatrical, drapes-drawn somberness. Read full review
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Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattMay 14, 2021
The final 30 minutes of the film descend into something so bloody and outrageous it nearly works as camp. Still, it's hard not to think of the better movie buried somewhere in Window's odd feints and histrionics, if only its makers had trusted themselves — or been trusted — to tell it. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliMay 17, 2021
Although Tracy Letts’ adaptation is generally faithful to the source material, this is an example of something that can work well on the written page but loses a lot when condensed and brought to the screen. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyMay 13, 2021
The Woman in the Window is a thriller, as you’ve no doubt figured out, but also has a throwback, Bette Davis vibe — Adams gets to do a lot of emoting — with a touch of horror movie thrown in. Read full review
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RogerEbert.comChristy LemireMay 13, 2021
Ultimately, The Woman in the Window offers a lot of build-up, a lot of possibility. But the revelation of what’s truly going on here is anticlimactic—the equivalent of closing the curtains and turning away from the window with a disappointed sigh. Read full review
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