The Housemaid Review: Amanda Seyfriend Stands Out In This Interesting Thriller Ft Sydney Sweeney!
Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried starrer The Housemaid is directed by Paul Feig. Read our review here.
3 / 5
I am always rooting for strong and twisted female characters in films. Well, we don’t often get to to see that, and therefore, I consider myself lucky to have watched The Housemaid before this year ends. The psychological thriller directed by Paul Feig, starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Skelnar and Michele Morrone is a twisted thriller based on Freida McFadden’s book of the same name is packed with some amazing performances, and an engaging screenplay. Although The Housemaid comes with some evident loopholes too. Here’s a quick review of the film!
Plot (Spoiler Free)
The story begins with Millie (Sydney Sweeney) visiting the Winchesters for the job of a housemaid. She meets Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried) who gives her a house tour and they have some small talks. Millie is sure that she won’t get the job as she has a criminal background but to her surprise, Nina offers her the job and she starts staying with the family. The nuclear family has Nina’s ever-charming husband Andrew (Brandon Sklenar) and their daughter Cecelia (Indiana Elle). They also have a weird Italian groundskeeper (Michele Morrone). Millie initially has a very good impression of this happy family but that is short-lived. Soon Nina’s behaviour starts to change, and eventually the housemaid learns about her problems. That’s not it, there are many plot twists and it only gets complicated when Millie discovers dark secrets about the Winchesters.
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What I liked?
Initially, The Housemaid looks like an ordinary husband-and-wife drama where a psycho woman is managed and taken care of by the perfect-handsome husband. I was with the story but still a bit distracted! We were very much looking at things from Millie’s POV, who of course, couldn’t help but fantasise Nina’s husband and think of the woman as the villain here. However, when that bubble is broken for us and the first twist happens in the film, it does hit hard. The story is very smartly narrated, and therefore it manages to get the “Oh what just happened” moment from us.
Also Amanda Seyfried is ruling each frame in the film. The continuous transition of her character from being a kind-hearted woman to turning into absolutely crazy and psychotic human was flawlessly done by Amanda.
And so was the character of Andrew surprising. The actor was fine as the handsome and charming husband, but became more convincing in the later half of the film.
Also, The Housemaid uses the female anger and angst in a very interesting and convincing way to serve us a satisfactory end, especially the woman in the room.
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What I Didn’t Like?
Sydney Sweeney’s character has been shown as the fiesty one towards the very end of the film. The actor’s performance mostly stays bland in the film, and she gets very little to showcase as an actor. Also, the writing of Amanda’s character was overshadowing hers.
Michele Morrone’s character is quite underwhelming. His part in the bigger scheme of things is very forced, and the film could do without the groundskeeper’s character too!
After the death one of the pivotal character’s in the film, when the police begins the investigation but somehow that case easily settles down in favour of the other characters, felt too convenient!
Verdict!
The Housemaid is fairly engaging watch, especially when the twists begin to happen. The film does play with the psychologies in terms of how we will easily accept the women and men in certain light. It takes a decent amount of time to build up, but when the premise is set, and when the first reality check hits, there is no going back. Suddenly I found myself invested in the pace and storytelling. The actors have also done a pretty good job, although Amanda Seyfried stands out throughout! It hit theatres on January 1, 2026.
First Published: January 01, 2026 3:02 PM
