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Synopsis

THE HOUSEMAID is a wildly entertaining thriller starring Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, based on the best-selling book. From director Paul Feig, the film plunges audiences into a twisted world where perfection is an illusion, and nothing is as it seems.

Cast

  • Sydney Sweeney
  • Amanda Seyfried
  • Brandon Sklenar
  • Elizabeth Perkins
  • Michele Morrone
  • Megan Ferguson
  • Arabella Olivia Clark
  • Ellen Tamaki
  • Amanda Joy Erickson
  • Indiana Elle
Moviegoers are saying
This book-to-screen adaptation of 'The Housemaid' delivers a masterclass in psychological tension that keeps audiences glued to their seats with unexpected plot twists and stellar performances, particularly from Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney. Viewers consistently praise the film's ability to stay faithful to its source material while delivering genuine surprises that have them 'piecing things together even after the movie ends.'
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Verified Review

If you read the book, I would say it's about 85% the same. The ending is a little different, less of Nina backstory, Cecelia is a little different and Enzo is not much of a factor. But yes Amanda killed it.

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Amanda W
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By far the BEST book to screen adaptation since The Notebook! This movie had me shook, covering my eyes, and laughing!

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Carleigh D

Metacritic

80
Jan 2, 2026

Sweeney proves here, after Christy, Echo Valley and Reality, that she’s a performer of versatility and, crucially, staying power.

Kevin Maher
The Times
38
Dec 18, 2025

There’s promise to this or that character and in the twists that almsot certainly played better in the novel than Feig manages on screen. But the promise is squandered in a pokey, obvious movie that stumbles towards stupid in the anti-climactic latter acts.

Metacritic review by Roger Moore
Roger Moore
Movie Nation
88
Dec 16, 2025

Based on Freida McFadden’s novel, “The Housemaid” rides waves of manipulation and then turns the tables on what we think we’ve just seen, looking at male-female power structures and how privilege can trap people without it.

Mark Kennedy
The Associated Press