Just as obsessed with Amanda Seyfried's performance the second time around
The Housemaid
Discover what lies behind closed doors.
Rating
4.5 (1)
Release Date
12/18/2025Runtime
131 minsOverview
Trying to escape her past, Millie Calloway accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous—a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power.
How It Feels
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A psychological cat-and-mouse game where the line between predator and prey shifts constantly, trapping you in a wealthy household where nothing is what it seems and no one can be trusted.
Mood
TenseUnsettlingParanoid
Themes
PowerClassIdentityBetrayal
Tone
Bleak
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHigh-contrast
Structure
Single location
Heads up
Sexual content
Reviews
Amanda Seyfried is everything to me, and she is amazing in The Housemaid. It wouldn't work at all without her. She is perfect. She is the movie.
I don't love the Sydney Sweeney casting choice. She is kind of a dud, but Amanda Seyfried carries their scenes together, and she did get some big unexpected laughs from the crowd in the final act. The crowd was very into it, laughing and gasping and whatever the audible equivalent of a cringe is.
My primary complaint is that everything with Enzo was very Lifetime Movie-esque. As soon as he was on the screen, a Lifetime vibe took over, every single time.
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