You should absolutely see Paul Feig’s “The Housemaid” with a crowd. Not because the ostensible thriller is “scary”, but because this almost-camp adaptation is miles more fun when taken in with a raucous audience. Horror films are generally the best genre for packed theaters— especially if you, like me, cherish the moments when perfect strangers wisely yell at the screen, “Don’t go in there!” — with comedies running a close second, and Feig’s latest combines both sensibilities, though neither to their full power.
At full power, however? Star Amanda Seyfried, turning in her second great performance of the year, behind her career-best work in Mona Fastvold’s “The Testament of Ann Lee.” As embittered, possibly nuts, and wonderfully unhinged housewife Nina Winchester, Seyfried gets to operate in many different registers. Swanning about her Long Island mansion in resplendent whites and creams (costume designer Renee Ehrlich Kalfus nails “quiet…
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