As of this writing, "The Woman in the Window," on the day of its premiere, has a rating of just 30% (though the audience rating goes as high as 74%). Ultimately, as the critical consensus reads, "A milquetoast and muddled thriller that drowns in its frenzied homages, 'The Woman in the Window' will have audiences closing their curtains."
Several critics, including writers from huge publications, got more specific. As Owen Gleiberman at Variety put it, "'The Woman in the Window' would like to be a contempo "Rear Window," but it's so riddled with things you can't buy that it plays like a bad Brian De Palma movie minus the camera movement." Meanwhile, NPR's Linda Holmes remarked, "They might get away with the familiar plot if there were a little more dimension to these characters .... As it is, you get a good cast working with a good director and screenwriter on a story that just doesn't have enough to offer."
Richard Lawson at Vanity Fair lamented what could have been, writing, "It's a boondoggle we probably should have seen coming. But maybe we can all be forgiven for some desperate magical thinking during our long time of confinement, gazing outside and looking for something, anything, that might make life a bit more exciting." Meanwhile, New York Times critic A.O. Scott was much more blunt: "The result is something that intermittently looks and sounds like a good movie without ever actually being one."
Kate Erbland at Indiewire was similarly snarky, writing, "It's the cinematic equivalent of a window not worth opening. Pull the drapes closed, it's curtains for this one." However, Richard Roeper at the Chicago Sun-Times suggested the film could be improved with the right circumstances, saying, "Maybe – JUST MAYBE – if you pour just the right glass of wine or sparkling water and you're in the mood for a howler of a film that practically dares you to talk back to the screen, you can sit through this without wanting to scream. Maybe."
"The Woman in the Window" is streaming on Netflix now.
The Link LonkMay 15, 2021 at 01:30AM
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