The Housemaid
Directed by Paul Feig
Trying to escape her past, Millie Calloway accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous—a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power. From TMDB
269 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 19, 2026 · last updated Oct 19, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
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Viewers praise the film as a twist-filled psychological thriller with strong performances. [1][2][3] Some find it entertaining but note it has clichés and pacing issues. [4][5][6] A few reviewers criticize the plot as ordinary or the acting as uneven. [7][8][9]
- Amanda Seyfried's performance is widely praised as campy and committed. [10][8][6]
- The twists and unpredictable story keep viewers engaged. [1][2][11]
- Sydney Sweeney's lead performance is highlighted as captivating. [3][12]
- The film is described as stylish, tense, and professionally directed. [11][13][6]
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The plot of this movie is very ordinary. I got bored while watching it. The acting is okay, the effects are good, the script is slow, heavy-handed, and dialogue-based. I skipped forward through some scenes. Is it worth watching? If you like this type of production and the subject matter, I recommend you check it out. Other than that, I don't think it's a production that deserves much time. I gave it a score of 4 out …
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After seeing endless trailers for The Housemaid at recent cinema visits over the last few months I caved and purchased a ticket. And boy that was money well spent! Based on the 2022 novel by Frieda McFadden, this thriller is an absolute twist filled, psychological nightmare. Think Gone Girl for the Taylor Swift obsessed with some brutal scenes. We follow Millie (Sydney Sweeney), currently on parole and eager to move …
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The Housemaid is an absolutely amazing thriller. The environment created in the first half is so intense that you are convinced the house owner, Naina, is the one who is manic and mentally unstable. It creates a perfect trap where you don't suspect for a second what is coming. While the trailer might make you think it’s just a simple story about a maid entering a house and a conflict starting, the twist here is …
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The Housemaid is a visual powerhouse that deserves a 10/10 rating, primarily due to the captivating lead performance by Sydney Sweeney. She is undeniably the highlight of the film, looking incredibly hot and pretty in every frame. Her fair complexion and striking features are emphasized by the cinematography, making her presence on screen magnetic and aesthetically perfect. Beyond her appearance, the film is driven …
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It was an interesting thriller that could have spent a little more time in the editing room to take out some length. Positives - it's got those Thriller moments - interesting love scenes with Sydney Sweeney Negatives - less than believable: young highschool girl jailed for 10 years then gets live-in housekeeper child caregiver job? The Film's Suggestive Takeaways - rich people are all twisted and evil - jailed …
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Critics, per Wikipedia
The Housemaid grossed $126.4 million in the United States and Canada, and $274.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $400.5 million. In the United States and Canada, The Housemaid was released alongside Avatar: Fire and Ash, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, and David, and was projected to gross $20–25 million from 3,015 theaters in its opening weekend. The film made $8 million on its first day, including $2.3 million from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $19 million, finishing in third behind Fire and Ash and David. It held well in its second weekend, dropping just 19.5% to $15.3 million and finishing in fourth. The film made $15.1 million,…
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60 of 269 · most liked firstI'd add a whole range of movies--as varied as Weapons, The Housemaid, The Sheep Detectives, Project Hail Mary, The Drama, Iron Lung, and Michael--to make a case that we might be embarking on the first big realignment in ages. (Note: No sequels, and exactly one studio film out of the 9 I've named.)
neutral · AI labelView post →I just saw The Housemaid. It is perfect, high-gloss, beach-paperback Friday-night-movie trash of the kind we never get anymore. Everybody involved understood the assignment and aced it, and small heresy, this should have been Amanda Seyfried's Oscar campaign. Preposterously entertaining.
positive · AI labelView post →I went to see The Housemaid last night and I thought it was a good adaptation. The changes they made for the movie made sense because they were more visual than some choices made in the book.
positive · AI labelView post →Amanda Seyfried fully commits to camp in ‘THE HOUSEMAID’, but Sydney Sweeney almost ruins the film with a truly middling performance. Find out more in our review... discussingfilm.net/2025/12/16/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →First character posters for Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried in ‘THE HOUSEMAID’ The film follows a young woman who becomes a housemaid for a couple but soon learns the family’s secrets are far more dangerous than her own.
neutral · AI labelView post →we watched The Housemaid and i feel like i was kicked in the head for two hours. how the fuck is that movie real.
negative · AI labelView post →Movie Of The Day... The Housemaid (2025) 🎥❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →if you’re watching a Korean movie with “maid” in the title, you’re immediately cooking. The Housemaid, The Maid, The Handmaiden. nonstop bangers.
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching The Housemaid 🎬🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Just saw The Housemaid and Sydney Sweeney’s performance was by far the weakest performance of the entire movie. Amanda Seyfreid was acting circles around that girl.
neutral · AI labelView post →4) The Housemaid. First class bit of “so bad it is good” complete and utter trash. Plot twists you see coming a mile off. A sequel hook so overdone Kevin Feige would go “no, that’s too much”. Absolutely perfect three-margarita movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Box Office: ‘Avatar 3’ Flies Past $1B, Sleeper Hit ‘The Housemaid’ Delivers Sydney Sweeney a Win.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Housemaid franksfilmreview.com/2025/12/23/t... "The Housemaid" is a sleek, stylish thriller that knows exactly how to keep its audience entertained. Based on Freida McFadden’s bestselling novel, the film is a delicious blend of psychological tension, glamorous visuals, and jaw-dropping twists.
neutral · AI labelView post →Netflix's live-action Gundam film has started production. Here's a look at the cast, led by Sydney Sweeney of The Housemaid and Euphoria fame. https://bit.ly/4mEn5Ho
neutral · AI labelView post →our Saturday morning movie was The Housemaid and lmao. what a delightful piece of trash. Paul Feig is really in his bag when’s making Gucci versions of Lifetime movies
positive · AI labelView post →The author of the book series the recent movie The Housemaid was based on, Frieda McFadden, has finally revealed her real-life identity beyond her pen name, as she was "tired of people debating if I’m a real person or if I’m three men." https://bit.ly/4czKGpe
neutral · AI labelView post →Went to see The Housemaid tonight and it was amazing! AND now this is a movie critic page🤣
positive · AI labelView post →“The Housemaid” (1960) is considered one of top greatest Korean films ever. A teacher (Kim Jin-Kyo) hires a student (Myung-Sook) to help his wife (Ju Jeung-ryu) and things change quickly for him and the family. The influential film was directed by Kim Ki-young. #neornoir #filmnoir #koreannoir
neutral · AI labelView post →Right up the moment the closing credits ran on the actual film... and I mean, from the first trailer on all the way through the actual watching of the film, I've thought this... I was 100% sure that was Scott Speedman in THE HOUSEMAID.
neutral · AI labelView post →After just two and half weeks of release, the Sydney Sweeney box-office hit “The Housemaid” is getting a sequel. The film will be based on the second of Freida McFadden’s bestselling trilogy of books.
neutral · AI labelView post →When I tell you that my theater was literally shrieking throughout this movie... THE HOUSEMAID is at once deliciously trashy and a thoughtful exploration of a shared experience. It's too damn long, but idk man. It's great. Seyfried is sooooo good. www.fangoria.com/the-housemai...
positive · AI labelView post →New posters for Paul Feig's thriller THE HOUSEMAID starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried & Brandon Sklenar. "The film plunges audiences into a twisted world where perfection is an illusion, and nothing is as it seems."
neutral · AI labelView post →Rewatched this over the weekend ('The Housemaid'/'Hanyeo'), and it's definitely the greatest film where the protagonist breaks the fourth wall in the last scene to tell the audience, "Fellas, keep it in your pants." (It's also pretty great on most other metrics, too)
neutral · AI labelView post →Thrilled to be a part of this phenomenal thriller! THE HOUSEMAID is in theaters now -- based on the book by brilliant best-selling author Frieda McFadden with a script from my TOTAL HERO Rebecca Sonnenshine, this movie was directed by the delightful genius and also TOTAL HERO Paul Feig.
neutral · AI labelView post →Paul Feig’s film adaptation of ‘THE HOUSEMAID’ is set to release Christmas Day 2025. Starring Sydney Sweeney & Amanda Seyfried.
neutral · AI labelView post →Im Sang-soo (with scenes from his film "The Housemaid") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching the Housemaid on DVD …. My family and friends have been telling me good things about this movie and I’m so happy to finally see it for the first time. #Filmsky #Moviesky #Horrorsky #May
positive · AI labelView post →The Housemaid |2025 www.imdb.com/title/tt27543632 #NowWatching #filmsky ·a struggling young woman is relieved by the chance for a fresh start as a maid for a wealthy couple. soon, she discovers that the family's secrets are far more dangerous than her own·
neutral · AI labelView post →THE HOUSEMAID (2025) Streaming: February 3, 2026 PVOD (Apple, Amazon, Fandango at Home, etc.) #TheHousemaid whentostream.com/the-housemai...
neutral · AI labelView post →My ★★★★ review of The Housemaid boxd.it/9qSi9J Fever dream of betrayal, manipulation, blackmail, & vengeance. Hothouse melodrama of operatic proportions! Can't help respecting a film so committed to its own madness. Delightfully & unapologetically over-the-top. #filmsky 📽 Criterion Collection 690
positive · AI labelView post →THE HOUSEMAID (2025) Streaming: April 1, 2026 Starz #TheHousemaid whentostream.com/the-housemai...
neutral · AI labelView post →Song Sung Blue absolutely destroyed me 😢😭 I read the Housemaid so it was fun to see the film adaptation. Love to see a female protagonist in a martial arts film. Ayo Edebiri and sexy John Malkovich are a weird combo but I'm not mad at it. #lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky
positive · AI labelView post →Did you know there's another movie called THE HOUSEMAID, but Korean, from 2010, way more erotic, thrilling, and just overall a better movie? It's a remake, the og has the same name and is from 1960, and isn't really erotic, but still an excellent film. Will share stuff soon 💕
neutral · AI labelView post →Since it's 35 degrees celsius and I have less than half a day left off, I'm going to go see a movie in an actual theatre. Anaconda, Avatar: Fire and Ice, or The Housemaid? Help me choose
neutral · AI labelView post →NW: The Housemaid Girls day movie afternoon!
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 21 #NoirvemberChallenge Favorite Film Noir not made in the USA. I've already listed some of my favorite foreign flicks in other categories (The Bitter Stems, Black Gravel, Pale Flower) so this year I'll go with The Housemaid. It's deeply weird and pervy (complimentary) and you should see it.
positive · AI labelView post →Kim Ki-young (with scenes from his film "The Housemaid") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →After the success of the movie adaptation, THE HOUSEMAID is now headed to Broadway for a thrilling new stage play. Based on the bestselling novel by Freida McFadden, the play will be written by Bekah Brunstetter. Movie sequel The Housemaid's Secret is also coming soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Housemaid is a great movie, about how Wokeness can really kill a marriage
positive · AI labelView post →Does anyone have recommendations for recent sexy thrillers, like the kind that were common in the ’00s? (iykyk) and please don’t say The Housemaid (the amanda seyfried bad wig movie that’s still in theaters lmao)
neutral · AI labelView post →Just caught up with THE HOUSEMAID, and it’s a good enough time, but 131 minutes? Sorely needs some snap, and a director with at least half the lurid B-movie rizz that Amanda Seyfried brings to it.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bestselling novel THE HOUSEMAID is getting a feature film adaptation from director Paul Feig (A Simple Favor, Ghostbusters), releasing in theaters on December 19, 2025. Here's the first look:
neutral · AI labelView post →Paul Feig: "this is my fifth movie to cross a hundred million dollars, and they’re all female-led movies." (ps I can testify that The Housemaid, my Christmas Day film last month, was a blast to watch in a packed cinema; the audience was really into it.)
positive · AI labelView post →Now watching THE HOUSEMAID...the other one... #filmsky #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunately The Housemaid kinda ate like that was a wild movie to watch in the theater
positive · AI labelView post →Paul Feig’s film adaptation of ‘THE HOUSEMAID’ has been brought forward by one week and will now release in theaters on December 19. Starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried.
neutral · AI labelView post →Kim Ki-young (with scenes from his film "The Housemaid") - BOTD
neutral · AI labelView post →The Housemaid was a movie that I watched. I have no further thoughts on the matter.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s not often a movie matches up to the book but The Housemaid lives up to Freida McFadden’s creation. This psychological thriller hits on great body horror, good-for-her horror, with amazing acting. Def recommend!
positive · AI labelView post →6 – South Korea! It's too damn hot outside so I'm staying cool with Kim Ki-young's remake of his own film, The Housemaid, which is also the 2nd entry in his thematic Housemaid trilogy. #Junesploitation #NowWatching 📽️ Woman of Fire (1971)
neutral · AI labelView post →For our next Korean Horror movie this week (ok we may have drifted a bit from true horror), @xshike.bsky.social and I are now watching: 📽️ The Housemaid (1960)
neutral · AI labelView post →I finished reading The Housemaid and am watching the movie. Of course, Amanda Seyfried is wonderful and perfect. Just… a lot of things left out that would have made a decent movie better.
neutral · AI labelView post →Kirsten Dunst To Star In 'The Housemaid' Sequel.
neutral · AI labelView post →In case you were wondering if Sydney Sweeney exposes her big tits AGAIN for us to stroke our cocks for in her latest film, The Housemaid.
neutral · AI labelView post →Having banked 250 million dolllars+ at the box-office, Paul Feig's The Housemaid comes to streaming ready to entertain with a mix of mystery, erotic thriller and trashy psychodrama. What feels like the most exciting film of 1991 should clean up on home viewing. 4/5 film-authority.com/2026/01/25/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Housemaid has flaws, but it’s a fun, solid B-movie. Amanda Seyfried kind of blows everyone else off the screen.
positive · AI labelView post →It's Pillar of Popularity time! I was gonna do it on Sunday, but then didn't. We'll start with The Housemaid in 5th place. The film has definitely led to a few new fans finding their way to Freida McFadden's books. Order your own copy of The Housemaid here: bertsbooks.co.uk/the-housemaid
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw The Housemaid at the cinema yesterday & I knitted a lot of my Zauberball Stärke 6 from www.yarnaddict.co.uk Great film but very violent (domestic violence & abuse).
positive · AI labelView post →The Housemaid was such a good film (Not Sydney Sweeney). Pretty good book to movie adaption. Amanda Seyfried was awesome.
positive · AI labelView post →Such a great Q & A today for an amazing film ‘The Housemaid’ 🎥 🍿 👏
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