Netflix premiered last fall a delusional and degrading adaptation of
Rebeca,
the Alfred Hitchcock classic that opened the doors of Hollywood to the colossus of suspense. The spawn starred millennial star Lily James and the now-disgraced Armie Hammer, who is haunted by accusations of cannibalism that could well be expanded to the destruction he did with the mythical character of Maxim de Winter. We had not yet recovered from the shock and the
woman in the window
opens directly on the same platform
,
(adaptation of the novel by AJ Finn) which is not exactly a new version
of
Rear Window,
but rather a pretentious and vacuous by-product that engulfs all the possible clichés of one of the best films in the history of cinema.
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The nightmare of returning to Manderley
It is more or less like this: a woman who suffers from agoraphobia and who also has serious problems with drinking is dedicated to spying from her imposing
Manhattan
brownstone
on her new neighbors across the street, a couple and a teenage son who spend the day arguing with kitchen utensils in hand. Obviously, there is a crime and the gossip across the street sees it all. Played by Amy Adams, who is definitely getting too fond of playing deranged drug addicts, the film has an all-star cast (Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman) who pass by doing their little act and that's it. Directed by the British Joe Wright, who already got very great with his
biopic
of Winston Churchill
The Darkest Moment
And now threatening a version of
Cyrano de Bergerac
starring Peter Dinklage, the film is especially offensive not so much because of its contrived excesses but because behind its stomachache and winks at poor Hitchcock there is not a single good idea.
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
Direction: Joe Wright.
Performers: Amy Adams, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Anthony Mackie, Wyatt Russell, Brian Tyree Henry.
Platform: Netflix.
Genre: suspense.
United Kingdom, 2021.
Duration: 100 minutes.