The Woman in the Window

 is an American psychological thriller film directed by Joe Wright. It is based on the 2018 novel of the same name by A.J. Finn. It starts Amy Adams, Anthony Mackie, Gary Oldman, Mr Fred Hechinger, and Wyatt Russell with Brian Tyree Henry, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jeanine Serralles, Ms Mariah Bozeman, and Julianne Moore. The film follows an agoraphobic woman who begins to spy on her new neighbors and is witness to a crime in their apartment.

On August 3, 2020, it was reported that Netflix was finalizing an acquisition deal that will move The Woman in the Window out of Disney-owned 20th Century Studios and into a new window, as a global Netflix event film.

Summary
"An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors, only to witness a disturbing act of violence."

- Official Netflix synopsis

Plot
Child psychologist Anna Fox lives alone in a Manhattan brownstone apartment after becoming separated from her husband Edward; he lives away with their daughter Olivia, but she talks to them on a daily basis. Anna suffers from agoraphobia and her housebound state leads her to observe all of her neighbors from a second-story window, including the Russell family who recently moved in across the street. She also takes a large number of medications and drinks alcohol daily.

One evening, Jane Russell visits Anna and they befriend one another. She also meets Ethan, Jane's teenage son, who admits his father Alistair is abusive. One night, Anna witnesses Jane being stabbed to death in the living room. She contacts the police but they do not believe her, claiming everyone in the family is fine. Alistair arrives along with "Jane" who, to the shock of Anna, is a different woman to the one she met. She begins spying on the Russell family.

Anna's tenant David lives in her basement, and claims he did not hear or see anything, though she learns David was once in prison and broke his parole conditions. She receives an anonymous e-mail with a photo of her sleeping. She contacts the detectives again, who are joined by the Russells and David, and has a nervous breakdown. It is revealed that Edward and Olivia are dead as a result of a car crash that Anna accidentally caused; she is now agoraphobic as a result and her medication causes her to have hallucinations and conversations with people who are not really there.

Anna apologizes to the Russell family and stops pursuing her suspicions. She records a video on her cell phone, planning to commit suicide by overdose. She then discovers a photograph she took of her cat and, in the reflection of a wine glass, is the original Jane, proving she is real. Anna shows David the photo and he confesses the original Jane she met is a woman named Katie Melli, Ethan's birth mother. Katie had been stalking the Russell family, trying to get close to Ethan, hence they had to move. David refuses to help Anna prove the truth when he is suddenly attacked and killed by Ethan, who had been lurking inside.

Ethan reveals to Anna that he murdered Katie and is a budding serial killer, having also killed Alistair's secretary in Boston, and now intends to kill Anna. He had been letting himself into her apartment all week with a stolen key, and he was the one who took the photo of her sleeping. Anna flees to the roof where they fight until she pushes Ethan through the skylight to his death.

As Anna recovers in the hospital, Detective Little states that they have arrested Alistair and Jane for helping Ethan cover up Katie's murder and they have found Katie's body. Little admits he watched Anna's suicide video but hands back her phone to allow her to delete it before she has to return it as evidence. He apologizes for not believing her.

Nine months later, Anna, now sober, says her goodbyes to the apartment and to her late family before she moves out and on with her life, now no longer afraid of the outside world.

Cast and Characters

 * Amy Adams as Dr. Anna Fox
 * Gary Oldman as Alistair Russell
 * Anthony Mackie as Edward "Ed" Fox
 * Fred Hechinger as Ethan Russell
 * Wyatt Russell as David Winter
 * Brian Tyree Henry as Det. Little
 * Jennifer Jason Leigh as Jane Russell
 * Jeanine Serralles as Det. Norelli
 * Mariah Bozeman as Olivia Fox
 * Julianne Moore as Jane Russell/Katherine Melli

Release Date
This movie release date on originally will be October 2019 by 20th Century Fox. But it's getting delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. It also has a theatrical release in May 15, 2020 with the VOD Premium. But it's getting delayed again due to the coronavirus pandemic. It also has digitally required to Netflix with the distribution by 20th Century Fox with the production company with Fox 2000. It also has 20th Century Fox canceled theatrical release on The Woman in the Window instead of release date of streaming in May 14, 2021 requires to this film arrived on the Netflix.

Reception
Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 26% ratings with an average of 5.7/10 while this movie has same as The Breaking News in Yuba Country. This Rotten Tomatoes reviews says "A milquetoast and muddled thriller that drowns in its frenzied homages, The Woman in the Window will have audiences closing their curtains." According to Metacritic, this movie received a 41/100 and it says "mixed and average reviews" Indiewire give a film a 1.5/5 with the directorial score on "D+" and says While the film's acting runs the gamut between stilted and extreme, the rare moments when Wright brings his ensemble together crackle with the kind of nervy tension the rest of the film is missing. Mostly, though, there's the baffling: the interiority of Finn's novel works on the page, but blown out – and, really, blown apart – on the big screen, there's no mystery left." According to Variety, Owen Glelberman says that Tracy Letts is a vibrant playwright, but the dialogue in The Woman in the Window is weirdly stilted, like someone's chintzy mainstream-movie attempt at Pinter or Mamet. Adams's performance is by turns commanding and tremulously self-conscious. And stuff keeps happening that's so overwrought that the film, in its way, becomes a whirlpool of contrivance." According to The Guardian, this movie received 2/5 stars and saids "Broken thriller is barely worth a look." According To Common Sense Media, this movie received 3/5 review by Jennifer Green and says "With Obvious nods to Hitchcock, this film creates suspends through a blend of unpredictable characters, plot twist, ominous music (By Danny Elfman), & Gloomy Settings seen from odd angles." According to The News of Critic named "Plugged in", this movie received says "Even if a film is predominantly a psychological thriller, like this one, showing physical trauma is a requirement today, it seems." According to New York Times and A.O. Scott says "Amy Adams plays a reclusive psychologist who witnesses a crime in a glossy new Netflix thriller."

Some critics saw the film as a positive exploration of grief and agoraphobia