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I don't understand why this is being underplayed. This movie was very very good. Acting, cinematography, direction, production...it was all superb. Amanda seyfried acted ridiculously well to me. Sidney Sweeney had an amazing role. The pace and development of the characters was great. Felt gripped the whole time. Bravo!

Hate to be cliche and be another one who says "the book is better than the movie!!" But that truly is the case here.

The first half of the movie felt like a weird low budget film that was just trying to set up a scene of Sydney Sweeney topless. It was weird vibes and just really felt rushed until her intimate scene.

After that, it actual felt like the real thriller story it should have been.

With that said, maybe I'm just not a Sydney Sweeney fan... I found her acting to be so dry and dull. Amanda on the other hand saved the entire film and was great.

The film overall was bleh. If I hadn't read the book, I would think it was fine. But remembering how into the book I was, it fell short for me. I wouldn't rewatch it.

As a huge fan of the book, the movie didn't disappoint me at all! The character portrayals were spot on. Especially Seyfrieds performance as Nina, hand her that Oscar already!!!

I still prefer the book. But the movie actually lived up to my expectations & maybe even more!

I think I actually prefer the ending of the movie over the ending of the book!

Millie (Sydney Sweeney) is hired by Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried) a rich social lite to is hired to be a housemaid, much of the surprise by her husband Andrew (Brandon Sklenar), but Millie will discover that in their household, nothing is quite what it seems.

Amanda Seyfried really surprised me here, for a while I never thought of her as much has an actress, but here she proved me wrong, really keeps you on edge. Sydney Sweeney is also good, has Millie, displaying such fear and confusing quite perfectly, I believe she's a better actress then she is giving credit. Brandon Sklenar is also great as Andrew. This movie has many twists you won't see coming, just when you think how it's going to end, it pulls the rug right out from under you. My mild complaint it drags a little in spots, but other than that a well made thriller.

In general, the story was pretty good. It was a decent thriller with some jump, scare moments, some gruesome body stuff and a pretty good twist. It also reflected the realities of mental health and clingy relationships. I've heard some complain about the pacing towards the middle/end but in my opinion, the pacing was fine. It didn't feel drawn out and it ended exactly when it should've.

The characters themselves were pretty good. Sydney Sweeney did a decent job. She's not gonna win a Grammy for her performance, but she played her role well of the innocent but beautiful woman and has a good character arc.

I really did like how they used music and different camera angles to set a very tense tone.

Overall, it's in decent movie with some good tense moments and a pretty good story.