In Paul Feig’s latest film, The Housemaid, we’re asked to believe a sane housewife looked at Sydney Sweeney, with all her Botticellian beauty and statuesque allure (and great jeans, of course), and decided the best thing for her marriage was to move her into the guest room. This is the premise on which The Housemaid is built.
It’s appreciable to see capable filmmakers venture into new territory. Feig made his name with coming-of-age comedy classics such as Freaks and Geeks (1999) before pivoting to some of the sharpest female-led action-comedies of the 2010s in The Heat (2013) and Spy (2015). His latest foray culls inspiration from ’90s domestic thrillers, pitting modern star Sweeney against the immeasurably talented Amanda Seyfried.
The ostensible rivals first meet in the opening scene, where Sweeney, as Millie Calloway, arrives at
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