The Housemaid (2025) ***

 

OK, first a little housekeeping. There was the dystopian TV show starring Elizabeth Moss called “The Handmaid's Tale.” There was the 2016 Korean erotic thriller "The Handmaiden." And now there's this domestic thriller starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney, called “The Housemaid.” That's the one we are talking about here.

This type of movie is all about plot twists and turns, and I don't want to give them away. Sydney Sweeney plays Millie, a girl down on her luck and desperate for a job. Nina (Seyfried) hires her for a live-in maid position. It doesn't take long before we learn that both of them have some secrets, and the job isn't what Millie thought it would be.

Any more details would ruin the trashy fun of watching this erotic, scary, sometimes funny movie. The film is based on the novel by Freida McFadden, directed by Paul Feig (“Bridesmaids” “Freaks and Geeks”). It's not a movie that is going to change your life, and honestly, it's not going to make you like men very much. What it is, is solid entertainment. When it shows up streaming free on one of your services, I suggest you check it out.

3 stars out of 5