The Housemaid - In theaters December 19, 2025

[kaw]

3.00 star(s) Rating: 3.00/5 2 Votes

Title: The Housemaid

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Director: Paul Feig

Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morrone, Ellen Tamaki, Megan Ferguson, Brian D. Cohen, Indiana Elle, Amanda Joy Erickson, Maury Ginsberg, Don DiPetta, Iván Amaro Bullón, Cailen Fu, Alexandra Seal, Sophia Bunnell, Lamar Baucom-Slaughter, Arabella Olivia Clark

Release: 2025-12-19

Plot: Millie is a struggling woman who is relieved to get a fresh start as a housemaid to Nina and Andrew, an upscale, wealthy couple. She soon learns that the family’s secrets are far more dangerous than her own.

 

[kaw]

 

[kaw]

It pains me that Amanda Seyfried is now getting the "Mother" role... because that must mean I'm old now too.

 

[tommyh84]

Saw this earlier today and thought it was pretty good. Glad I went with the wife as 90% of the cinema were women with the only other blokes being those that were also with their partners, although we all know why we were really there

 

[Lenny Nero]

A good, but very predictable, by the numbers movie, where I was expecting almost everything, and it all felt like I had already seen this film. The impression of it being a women's novel, those cheap paperbacks that are laying around in every store, airport, etc, yet somehow still sell well and have their fans, is actually true – as I've checked afterwards, and there are two book sequels, to which the ending here alludes.
There's also a lot of typical tropes of men – bad, rich – also bad, women – help each other, except some are envious bitches, plus definite 'female logic', like one police report can cover up multiple cuts and bruises, and no coroner or anyone else will notice, think, say, or do anything about it, if that conveniences the plot.
Sydney Sweeney is very pretty though, and we get to see at least 4 side-boob shots...
It's also obviously a Paul Feig film, pretty much in vein of his superfluous other flicks, such as Another Simple Favor.