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ATONEMENT (2007) dir. Joe Wright

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The Woman in the Window (2021)

On paper, The Woman in the Window looks promising initially. You’ve got an all-star cast and the picture knows it’s treading on a well-beaten path with direct references to Rear Window and others. I bet it’s studied these other works to blow our minds!

Child psychologist Anna Fox (Amy Adams) lives alone in her Manhattan apartment and never leaves due to her agoraphobia. When the Russell family moves in across the street, she befriends Jane (Julianne Moore) and her son, Ethan (Fred Hechinger). Shortly after, she sees Jane murdered through her upstairs window. When Anna calls the police, Jane (this time played by Jennifer Jason Leigh) shows up fine. Is Anna’s daily combination of heavy medication and alcohol causing hallucinations, or is Alistair Russell (Gary Oldman) hiding something?

Don’t see this movie for the cast. Well, I should just say “Don’t see this movie” but one of its main draws is the star power. Anthony Mackie and Jennifer Jason Leigh) are so not in the film it’s puzzling to see them in the credits at the end. The rest of the performances are fine but plot-wise, this mystery is a jumble.

The direction by Joe Wright does the uninventive screenplay no favors. When Anna calls the police, detectives Little (Brian Tyree Henry) and Norelli (Jeanine Serralles) answer the call. He’s sympathetic, she’s so abrasive you’ll wonder if she isn’t the murderer. Then, they stand by as Alistair barges in screaming. Isn’t he trespassing? Why is he there? They can't have gone to his place first or the ending makes no sense. You'll see so many illogical decisions you'll be reaching the wine bottle Anna is always clutching to smash it over her head, or yours.

What’s happening with the Jane Russell thing is easily decipherable. Like it thinks we’re stupid easy. The clues along the way are unmissable; as if they were planted not because someone really would lose an earring there or scream so loud they could be heard across the street but so the movie could happen. Her condition may not be her fault but come on. She keeps making dumb mistakes that will allow the killer to get away with it (assuming there even is a killer) AND get herself stabbed (assuming there even is a killer of course).

The one credit I'll give The Woman in the Window is for the conclusion I didn’t see coming. In my defense, it's a ludicrous revelation. Even with the unreliable narrator, there’s no way this would happen the way it does. No matter your goodwill towards the film, you won't buy the lame, conventional wrap-up, complete with a "where'd they go?!" teleport scare.

The Woman in the Window isn’t the worst movie 2021 will offer. The mystery - as easy to figure out as it is - does maintain your interest. Some intrigue comes from bad direction that makes characters seem like suspects when they aren’t intended to be, but I’ll take interesting bad over boring bad any day. My advice? Skip until the very end of the credits, where they tell you what clips of other - better movies - are shown throughout. Watch those instead. (May 30, 2021)

[venusofscorpio]

Atonement [2007] 

Director: Joe Wright 

Stars: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy

[leofromthedark]

val kilmer and cameron diaz 🙃

Oh, here we GO! Val Kilmer: Top Gun The Real McCoy  Batman Forever Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Cameron Diaz: Shrek 1 - 4 Charlie’s Angels Knight & Day Minority Report (Didn’t even bloody notice) Vanilla Sky Thanks, Lennnnnnna. 🥦

[90sjenniferconnelly]

hi! how did you solve your kmplayer problem? i think i might have a similar issue... (sorry if this got sent twice, i got a 'bad request' pop up the first time i tried)

no prob, it does that to me too when i send asks! and i went to preferences (you can find it by clicking the little lightning icon on the top left) and then i clicked “reset current presets” and it was crazy the difference that made! hope that helps <3

[madeline-kahn]

@joewright replied to your post “i left writing up my screenplay ideas until the night before my...”

me in creative writing class... you'll write feverishly all night and it won't be your best work. there's a lesson somewhere, but you'll never learn it, and you'll do it again in the future. it really be like that. i'm sorry. you're not alone though

thank you <333 I sort of wrote up the three ideas that I had but I kind of hate them because they’re so unoriginal they’re just “what if [literally the plot of another movie] but [small difference]” 

[gwil-lee]

(Belated) Happy Birthday, Lena @joewright!

May the next year of your life be filled with happiness and joy! You’re such a kind, amazing, and incredibly talented person and you deserve nothing less!

I hope you enjoyed this day 💛

Ronnie xx

[joelcoen]

4, 8, 21, 22 :D

4. favourite dish specific for your country?why did my mind jump to a greggs pasty u really cant beat a sunday dinner. or a full english breakfast. or cheesy chips and gravy from the pizza shop at 2 am when ur coming home from a night out

8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom?in my first german lesson this year i was sitting next to a greek girl and a spanish guy and they both said that i look scandinavian?? 

21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be?a greggs sausage roll and phillip schofield

22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed?the only time u will hear me say im proud to be english is during the world cup or the olympics. literally everything makes me ashamed lmao. yes we arguably have done good things but that is overshadowed by the ruthless history of colonisation that we have, our connections to the slave trade and the fact that there was even a british empire. i hate seeing england flags outside of the world cup and i hate how the monarchy dominates everything (i didnt want my mum to put up flags for the royal wedding and lost that argument lmao)