Freida McFadden’s bestselling psychological thriller has been adapted by Rebecca Sonnenshine, with Paul Feig taking directorial duties. It stars Sydney Sweeney as Millie, a young woman on parole and with nowhere to live who gets a job as a live in maid to a seemingly nice couple, Andrew (Brendon Sklenar) and Nina (Amanda Seyfried). But things soon take a dark turn.
Feig showed with the superior A Simple Favour, and its sequel, he knows how to make glossy potboilers like this with beautiful people in their beautiful houses with deeply buried, disturbing secrets. He keeps things bubbling along in this entertaining if overlong romp. I was almost able to ignore how ridiculous the plot was, and I assume that is the fault of the source material.
Sweeney again shows her versatility and Seyfried is good as a woman who is not what she seems. I also found Elizabeth Perkins chilling, although she has very little screen time, as Andrew’s mother.
Very silly and trashy, as well as sometimes frustrating when Nina does not notice the various red flags, but I can see this being a crowd pleaser.
Rating: 6 out of 10