The Housemaid

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"The Housemaid leans on the undeniable talent of an Amanda Seyfried in her prime and Paul Feigs ability to create a crowd-pleaser that knows its limitations. Although it doesnt avoid clichés and occasionally gets lost in narrative redundancies, its vibrant aesthetics and explosive finale make up for the flaws along the way.

A deliberately chaotic domestic thriller, where the power struggle and the deconstruction of social appearances reveal that the true terror lies in what we choose to ignore in broad daylight."

Rating: B-

In with a whimper and out with the trash

A friend recently suggested to me that 2025 has seen a reduction of left wing politics in popular culture. I politely asked him if he had gone both deaf and blind. The Housemaid is a case in point. Paul Feig and Rebecca Sonnenshine have conspired to unleash yet another entertainment for the type of people who believe The Handmaid's Tale is a reasonable allegory for modern America.

There are comically evil straight white males in the main storyline, the backstory of the first female heroine, in the flashbacks for the second female heroine and the dopy sequel set-up. Housemaid 2: This Time is Even More Ridiculous.

The central straight white male of The Housemaid is a man who lives behind a gat...

Millie (Sydney Sweeney) is on parole and sleeping in her car when she applies for a job housekeeping for the wealthy Wentworth family. After her first meeting with the jovial Nina (Amanda Seyfried) she doesnt hold out much hope, so imagine her surprise when she is back in their luxury kitchen with a centrally heated, if somewhat airtight, attic bedroom and a phone replete with a limitless credit card. At this stage, enter hunky husband Andrew (Brandon Skelnar) and her slightly stand-offish, ballet dancing, daughter Cece (Indiana Elle) and duly welcomed this newcomer is. Next morning, Millie discovers an entirely flakier side of her boss, though, and thats just the start of some curious escapades that do, at this stage, send us into some fai...