The reviews are out on Paul Feig\u2019s The Housemaid, a new Lionsgate thriller based on the 2022 novel of the same name by Freida McFadden, ahead of its theatrical release on Friday.<\/p>\n
Starring Sydney Sweeney<\/a> and Amanda Seyfried<\/a>, the film follows a young woman (Sweeney) who starts working as a housemaid for an affluent couple (Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar), Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> reported. The young woman quickly discovers that the couple is hiding dark secrets \u2014 ones that will soon come to light.<\/p>\n Critics and early viewers already have a lot to say about the new thriller.<\/p>\n Critics are praising the film\u2019s over-the-top storytelling and \u2018campy\u2019 tone<\/p>\n Many early viewers of the film have praised its twists and turns, with several critics noting its unexpected revamping of standard thriller tropes.<\/p>\n \u201cWe see immediately\u00a0The Housemaid\u00a0is not what we thought it might be, meaning the old trope where the new hire is really the crazy one, not the employer,\u201d Pete Hammond wrote for Deadline<\/a>. \u201cBut hang on, Feig and his screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine will be piling on so many twists in this thing you will think you are a pretzel by the time it finally crash-lands into its finale.\u201d<\/p>\n Clarisse Loughrey described the film as \u201cthe kind of movie where everyone seems to have a secret, a past, a problem\u201d for The Independent<\/a>.<\/p>\n Early viewers on social media also can\u2019t get enough of the movie.<\/p>\n Critics say the film is a \u2018faithful adaptation\u2019 of the 2022 novel<\/p>\n Fans of the novel are co-signing the new film adaptation, with critics and early viewers highlighting the movie\u2019s \u201cfaithful\u201d interpretation of its source material.<\/p>\n Screen Daily<\/a>\u2018s Nikki Baughan wrote, \u201cThroughout the film, Feig and Sonnenshine largely stay faithful to the book \u2014 apart from glamming up (and slimming down) the character of Nina, increasing the role of Andrew\u2019s overbearing mother (an austere Elizabeth Perkins) and tweaking some key events so they become even more luridly exploitative,\u201d adding, \u201cThe Housemaid\u00a0could be described as a faithful adaptation of a problematic book, foregrounding the easily digestible, style-over-substance shlock that made the book such a viral hit.\u201d<\/p>\n Early viewers on X, formerly Twitter, agree.<\/p>\n One viewer<\/a> said the film may be \u201cone of the best book to movie adaptations ever done,\u201d with a meme GIF.<\/p>\n Seyfried\u2019s performance is garnering praise among early viewers and critics<\/p>\n Early viewers and critics are also gushing about Seyfried\u2019s performance, with many arguing that the Mamma Mia actor\u2019s performance is one of the best of the year.<\/p>\n IndieWire<\/a>\u2018s Kate Erbland said Seyfried\u2019s performance was so strong that it helped the film\u2019s pacing.<\/p>\n \u201cRunning over two hours, the entire thing sparks when Seyfried is on screen, and flails when she\u2019s not,\u201d she wrote for the outlet. \u201cToo bad it\u2019s not called \u2018The Housewife.’\u201d<\/p>\n David Rooney, for The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, praised Seyfried\u2019s swapping \u201cthe ecstatic rapture of\u00a0The Testament of Ann Lee for a different kind of hysteria.\u201d<\/p>\n Brian Truitt of USA Today<\/a> called Seyfried a \u201cforce of nature\u201d throughout the film and said she \u201cgives herself completely to the movie\u2019s madness, throwing food with maniacal gusto and tossing the kind of shade that would cower Regina George,\u201d he wrote in his review of The Housemaid, referencing her roles in Mamma Mia! 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