![]() ![]() Kudos to production designer Kevin Thompson and cinematographer Bruno Debonnel for the look of the film it is fantastic, and by far the film’s greatest asset. However, there is no neighborhood flavor in the movie, because most of the film takes place inside the brownstone. Six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams plays Anna Fox, a child psychiatrist who is an agoraphobic, neurotic, prescription pill-popping, wine guzzling mess, living all alone in an enormous three story brownstone in Manhattan’s Harlem neighborhood. (even if it is free with a subscription.) ![]() Fox, seeing the writing on the wall, after some much needed reshoots, sold the rights to Netflix and now you can stream it at home, but buyer beware. Finn’s bestselling novel was originally intended as a theatrical wide-release, then test audiences hit, and then COVID hit- it’s hard to say which did more damage. The Woman in the Window, 20th Century Fox’s expensive production of A.J. What do you get when you have a wildly successful bestseller, an A list director, a Pulitzer Prize winning author and a cast that has fifteen Oscar nominations between them- A MESS, that’s what you get! ![]()
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