2025 • Lionsgate
Rated: R
Length: 2 hr 11min
Drama ~ Mystery ~ Psychological Thriller
Director: Paul Feig
Writer: Screenplay by Rebecca Sonnenshine
Actors: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morrone and Elizabeth Perkins.
Can You Keep A Secret?
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The Book
The Housemaid (2025) is based on The Novel The Housemaid by Freida McFadden published April 21, 2022. It is the first in a series of three books.
Every day I clean the Winchesters’ beautiful house, collect their daughter from school and cook a delicious meal for the whole family before eating alone in my tiny room on the top floor. I ignore how Nina makes a mess for me to clean up, how she tells strange lies about her daughter, how her husband Andrew seems more broken every day. As I look into his handsome brown eyes, so full of pain, it’s hard not to imagine living Nina’s life. The walk-in closet, the fancy car, the perfect husband. I only try on one of Nina’s pristine white dresses once, but she soon finds out … and by the time I realize my attic bedroom door only locks from the outside, it’s too late. But I reassure myself: the Winchesters don’t know who I really am. They don’t know what I’m capable of …
The Housemaid (2025) – Review
Andrew (Brandon Sklenar) and Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried), and their 7 year old daughter Cece, live in a beautiful gated mansion in Great Neck, Long Island, New York. Andrew runs a Data Processing Company that he inherited from his late father, while his mother Evelyn (Elizabeth Perkins) is the overbearing High Society Matriarch overseeing every aspect of the Winchester brand and Andrew’s life. Nina has decided that she needs help around the house and runs an ad looking for a house maid.
Millie Calloway (Sydney Sweeney) answers the ad and Nina sets up a meeting with Millie at the house to interview her. Millie arrives in her old car, obviously a little down on her luck, but hits it off with Nina and makes a good impression. Millie leaves with Nina telling her that she still has a few applicants to interview but that she will let her know either way in a day or two. Millie really needs this job, she is starting over with nothing and is homeless and sleeping in her car.
Millie is surprised by Nina’s phone call that she has decided to hire her as their House maid and she can start right away. Excited, Millie arrives at the Winchester’s gated house and is given the tour, including the attic bedroom at the top of the house where Millie will be staying. She also notices the strange man and asks Nina about him. Nina explains to Millie that that is Enzo (Michele Morrone), their gardener, the only other employee on the property. Millie settles in and starts working immediately, cleaning the chandelier in the living room.
And that is when Andrew arrives home with his daughter, and they are both surprised to see Millie cleaning in the living room. Millie also senses their bewilderment as Nina intervenes and tells Andrew, “I told you I was going to hire someone to help. This is Millie and she is staying with us up in the attic bedroom.” It is the first indication that all is not what it seems in The Winchester home. Things quickly deteriorate as we find out more about Millie, Enzo the gardener, The Winchesters and the bedroom in the attic.
Layer by layer, clothes and facades peel back to reveal more of our cast of characters, and just when you think you know their true nature, another layer gets peeled back. Just like Millie, we get drawn in to the slow-burn striptease of the soul that seems to permeate every facet of the house. The house itself starts to feel like a well choreographed stage set laid out with malicious intent, mirroring the dollhouse in Cece’s room.
Amanda Seyfried brings Nina’s high strung unhinged energy into overdrive as the manic housewife, constantly keeping us guessing. Sydney Sweeney brings a subtle vulnerability that hides a tempestuous storm brewing underneath the surface. Brandon Sklenar nails the “generic handsome” billionaire vibe, playing the perfect gentleman sadly dealing with his wife’s issues. Michele Morrone‘s presence as Enzo adds a subtle layer of foreboding just waiting outside.
I haven’t read the book, and didn’t know about the book until I researched for this review. It is the first book in a series of three Novels. Given the way the movie ended and knowing there are three books, the logical question was will there be a sequel? There should be and there is, already greenlit by Lionsgate with a release date of December 17, 2027. The Housemaid’s Secret, which is also the name of the second book. Lionsgate firmly intends on turning this into a Major Movie Franchise with talks of the third movie (and the name of the third book) The Housemaid Is Watching already happening. I say it all can’t come soon enough!
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