{"id":2201600,"date":"2025-12-16T17:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2201600"},"modified":"2025-12-16T17:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T17:58:17","slug":"the-housemaid-review-amanda-seyfried-turns-in-her-second-great-performance-of-2025-in-thriller-too-timid-to-go-full-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-housemaid-review-amanda-seyfried-turns-in-her-second-great-performance-of-2025-in-thriller-too-timid-to-go-full-camp\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Housemaid\u2019 Review: Amanda Seyfried Turns in Her Second Great Performance of 2025 in Thriller Too Timid to Go Full Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div role=\"presentation\">You should absolutely see <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0082450\/\">Paul Feig<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt27543632\/\">The Housemaid<\/a>\u201d with a crowd. Not because the ostensible thriller is \u201cscary\u201d, 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\u2014 especially if you, like me, cherish the moments when perfect strangers wisely yell at the screen, \u201cDon\u2019t go <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt21238164\/\">in<\/a> there!\u201d \u2014 with comedies running a close second, and Feig\u2019s latest combines both sensibilities, though neither to their full power.<\/p>\n<p>At full power, however? Star <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1086543\/\">Amanda Seyfried<\/a>, turning in her second great performance of the year, behind her career-best work in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm2178754\/\">Mona Fastvold<\/a>\u2019s \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt34819091\/\">The Testament of Ann Lee<\/a>.\u201d 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 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0435730\/\">Renee Ehrlich Kalfus<\/a> nails \u201cquiet&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.imdb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You should absolutely see Paul Feig\u2019s \u201cThe Housemaid\u201d with a crowd. Not because the ostensible thriller is \u201cscary\u201d, but because this almost-camp adaptation is miles more fun when taken in with a raucous audience. 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