Written by Rebecca Sonnenshine
Directed by Paul Feig
Nina: "You didn't deserve any of this."
Millie: "Neither did you."
Starting off 2026 with the remains of 2025, new movies iae for me and I went for this psychological thriller. There's two women and two men. Both women are more alike than they initially thought. The two men are more world's apart. Anyways.
At the start of this movie, rich housewife Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried) interviewed the much younger Millie Calloway (Sydney Sweeney) for the position of a housemaid in tje home she shared with her tech husband, Andrew (Brandon Sklenar) and their daughter, Cecelia (Indiana Elle). It was a bit intimidating.
Mostly because it was established early into the movie Millie was recently paroled for murder and the least thing could send her back to prison to finish up her sentence. She basically lied about her qualifications but that didn't stop Nina from hiring Millie for the position either.
Nina also then spent a large chunk of the movie being the boss from Hell. She freaked out over misplaced notes, accused Millie of having designs on her husband, undermined and underpaid her at every turn. It was a miracle that by halfway through the movie Millie didn't snap and just kill Nina herself.
However, what did happen was a bit more obvious, until it wasn't. Millie and Andrew predictably started to sleep with each other and Nina got the boot. Then Andrew revealed his true colours and the whole messy backstory with Andrew and Nina was revealed through a letter/flashback use.
Andrew being a true abusive villain and Nina using Millie to get herself and Cecelia free from him with some assistance by kind-hearted groundskeeper Enzo Arcadi (Michele Morrone). I kind of wish we had seen a little more of him.
Of course Andrew started abusing Millie, subjecting her to the similar punishments he'd done on Nina but he messed with the wrong woman this time. Millie inflicted worse pain onto Andrew and by the end of the movie, Nina had her freedom and Millie had an avenging angel act in the guise of a housemaid. As for Andrew, it was obvious where he'd end up.
- There's a nice performance from Elizabeth Perkins as Andrew's mother, Evelyn.
- Millie was sent to prison for accidentally killing her dorm mate's rapist. She also smashed Andrew's family crockery and made him extract one of his front teeth.
- Standout music: Lana del Rey's Cinnamon Girl and Taylor Swift's I Did Something Bad.
- Chronology: Present day in Great Neck, Long Island. Nina and Cecelia were moving to California by the end of the movie.
I got to say, I really enjoyed The Housemaid (2025). Both Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney are on fine form and Brandon Sklenar to his credit did make for a decent antagonist. It's not as provocative as it wants to be, thriller wise but it did make for a diverting enough experience.
Rating: 7 out of 10
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