When A.J. Finn — the pen name of one Dan Mallory, whose own story would make for a hell of a book — published his debut novel “The Woman in the Window” in early 2018, the “Rear Window” ripoff became an instant bestseller. It was easy to see why, thanks to its blend of (quite literal) Hitchcockian thrills with the kind of snappy chills found in books from other hot authors like Paula Hawkins, Ruth Ware, and Gillian Flynn. Finn may have cribbed plenty, but he also created an indelible character in the agoraphobic Dr. Anna Fox. She hasn’t left her house in nearly a year, instead opting to wile her time away drinking wine, watching old movies, learning French, and chatting with a close-knit coterie of other mentally ill people online. Then: a murder (maybe) just across the street, one only Anna saw, one only Anna can solve.
Inevitably, the movie...
Inevitably, the movie...
- 5/13/2021
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
A B-movie effort from an A-list production team, Joe Wright’s “The Woman in the Window” buckles beneath its aspirations almost immediately.
Wright and screenwriter Tracy Letts have adapted Dan Mallory’s bestselling novel, which at one point was notorious for plagiarism accusations. (Mallory writes under the pseudonym A.J. Finn.) And the movie itself has been laboring under a shadow of a doubt since it was shot in 2018, which now feels like a lifetime ago.
After some retooling and shelf-sitting, it was acquired by Netflix and arrives with a single overarching ambition: to be considered Hitchcock-ian. Wright telegraphs this goal as clearly as he possibly can right from the start, his camera panning past an actual shot of Jimmy Stewart in “Rear Window” before sweeping up and down vertigo-inducing stairwells.
We’ve also got a Stewart-like protagonist in Dr. Anna Fox (Amy Adams). Anna is a psychologist and amateur photographer...
Wright and screenwriter Tracy Letts have adapted Dan Mallory’s bestselling novel, which at one point was notorious for plagiarism accusations. (Mallory writes under the pseudonym A.J. Finn.) And the movie itself has been laboring under a shadow of a doubt since it was shot in 2018, which now feels like a lifetime ago.
After some retooling and shelf-sitting, it was acquired by Netflix and arrives with a single overarching ambition: to be considered Hitchcock-ian. Wright telegraphs this goal as clearly as he possibly can right from the start, his camera panning past an actual shot of Jimmy Stewart in “Rear Window” before sweeping up and down vertigo-inducing stairwells.
We’ve also got a Stewart-like protagonist in Dr. Anna Fox (Amy Adams). Anna is a psychologist and amateur photographer...
- 5/13/2021
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
Netflix has debuted a brand new trailer for the upcoming suspenseful psychological thriller from filmmaker Joe Wright, ‘The Woman in the Window’.
Based on the gripping, best-selling novel and adapted by Tracy Letts, the film follows Anna Fox, played by Amy Adams, an agoraphobic child psychologist who finds herself keeping tabs on the picture-perfect family across the street through the windows of her New York City brownstone. Her life is turned upside down when she inadvertently witnesses a brutal crime.
To celebrate the release of the trailer, Netflix held a special Q&a with director Joe Wright and cast members Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Wyatt Russell, Anthony Mackie and Fred Hechinger and they had a few things to say on the subject of the film and its making.
Amy Adams stated; “I also really loved how we looked at Anna and how she was someone that was struggling with so...
Based on the gripping, best-selling novel and adapted by Tracy Letts, the film follows Anna Fox, played by Amy Adams, an agoraphobic child psychologist who finds herself keeping tabs on the picture-perfect family across the street through the windows of her New York City brownstone. Her life is turned upside down when she inadvertently witnesses a brutal crime.
To celebrate the release of the trailer, Netflix held a special Q&a with director Joe Wright and cast members Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Wyatt Russell, Anthony Mackie and Fred Hechinger and they had a few things to say on the subject of the film and its making.
Amy Adams stated; “I also really loved how we looked at Anna and how she was someone that was struggling with so...
- 4/8/2021
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
"The Woman in the Window" is a new mystery thriller, directed by Joe Wright, from a screenplay adapted by Tracy Letts, based on the 2018 novel of the same name by 'A. J. Finn', starring Amy Adams ("Man Of Steel"), Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Brian Tyree Henry, Wyatt Russell and Anthony Mackie ("The Falcon and the Winter Soldier"):
"...an agoraphobic, pill-popping child psychologist, fearful of leaving her own house...
"...witnesses a crime while spying on her new neighbors, leaving her to determine whether or not to alert the police..."
Cast also includes Fred Hechinger, Mariah Bozeman, Jeanine Serralles and Liza Colón-Zayas.
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"...an agoraphobic, pill-popping child psychologist, fearful of leaving her own house...
"...witnesses a crime while spying on her new neighbors, leaving her to determine whether or not to alert the police..."
Cast also includes Fred Hechinger, Mariah Bozeman, Jeanine Serralles and Liza Colón-Zayas.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Woman In The Window"...
- 9/12/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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