THE HOUSEMAID is Actually Solid Crazy Fun - Movie Review | Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Paul Feig | Epictastic Joshua

About this episode

Joshua Drake Randall reviews the film 'The Housemaid', discussing its performances and direction.

The Housemaid was the latest attempt at not only a screen adaptation of the first book in a series of novels by Fates McFadden but also the latest attempt in many this decade to bring back and have a good erotic thriller. With a capable director in Paul Feig (mostly) and a solid trio of actors especially a double blonde threat in the case of Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried, along with Brandon Sklenar, I was mostly intrigued from the trailers. The honest concern was would this actually work: the simple answer is that it surprisingly does work and has sparked a new franchise for its leading girl. In this video, Epictastic Joshua’s Joshua Drake Randall talks about “The Housemaid” and gives his thoughts on the film from hesitations/thoughts to the performances, direction, does it overall work and is it worth a shot. Here’s my full length review to find out. #TheHousemaidMovie #TheHousemaid #TheHousemaidMovieReview #SydneySweeney #AmandaSeyfried #BrandonSklenar #PaulFeig #eroticthrillers #EpictasticJoshua *TIMECODES* 0:00 - cold opening and intro 0:30 - welcome/cast and crew 0:57 - plot synopsis 1:07 - expectations and hesitations to first thoughts 3:34 - The Light (pros) 12:17…

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Drake Randall

Topics covered

• movie review
• erotic thriller
• film adaptation
• performances
• direction

Keywords

• The Housemaid
• Sydney Sweeney
• Amanda Seyfried
• Brandon Sklenar
• Paul Feig
• erotic thrillers
• movie review

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Housemaid, Fates McFadden

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