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- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
Summary Anna (Kristen Bell) spends her days drinking wine and watching her neighbors when one day she thinks she sees someone murdered at her new neighbor's (Tom Riley) house in this limited series from Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson, and Larry Dorf.
Created By: Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, Rachel Ramras
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 2022
- TV-MA
- Netflix
The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 28, 2022
49
4.9
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Summary Anna (Kristen Bell) spends her days drinking wine and watching her neighbors when one day she thinks she sees someone murdered at her new neighbor's (Tom Riley) house in this limited series from Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson, and Larry Dorf.
Created By: Hugh Davidson, Larry Dorf, Rachel Ramras
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All Seasons
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
49
19% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
67% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 21 Critic Reviews
49
19% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
67% Mixed
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
14% Negative
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
It’s a layered trifle that’s funny at a buffoonery level but also repays careful attention — from the just-so chunky knits the characters wear to the ever-changing epitaph on Anna’s daughter’s gravestone. There’s something truly life-affirming in these leaden times about the show’s dedication to silliness.
It’s ludicrous. It’s WAY over the top. It’s cheerfully offensive. And it’s an absolute hoot, thanks to the spot-on performance from Kristen Bell, the insightful scripts from writers who clearly know the genre and the deft directing work by the veteran Michael Lehmann, best known for “Heathers.”
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 48 User Ratings
4.9
44% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
17% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
40% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 48 User Ratings
4.9
44% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
17% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
40% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
I'll be honest, I enjoyed this series, ostly depends as what you take. I know this is suppose to be as a parody,but if you take it as thriller it's really enjoyable.
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An often hilarious, sometimes genuinely suspenseful limited series that spoofs the alcohol-soaked, sad-voyeur movie mini-genre, unfortunately has a fatal flaw. After carefully mixing its sight gags with a plausible murder mystery, this show, premiering Friday, Jan. 28, goes off the rails like a commuter train carrying an inquisitive day drinker.
There’s little to be found in “The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window” that you can’t find in the countless movies that already litter Netflix about women solving crimes. Bell is a strong lead, but if the series wants to be a send-up the humor needs to be more consistent. If it wants to play it straight, eschew humor entirely.
There's no doubt that the showrunners want Woman to be a parody, but the humor is oddly toothless — and satire without a point of view is like a casserole with no crunch.
It’s occasionally diverting for a while … until the show’s one joke starts to run out.
If the thin characters weren’t dispiriting enough, the plotting is insanely ridiculous, but never in a way that’s entertaining. Of course, our increasing obsession with killers and victims is fertile ground for parody, but this show never really qualifies. It’s a bizarrely dry show in terms of humor.
Even though it’s not perfect, Kristen Bell’s performance pulls you in, and as long as you get that the show is occasionally a parody, it’s a fun watch.
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The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window stars Kristen Bell as a grieving mother playing detective to solve a mystery.
It parodies movies like the Woman in the Window, but it's also not exactly a comedy, since it also has its tense moments. It's intriguing enough that I finished it in 2 days.
I just didn't really like it as a series. It'll work better as a skit (or even a movie) people watch on the phone. There are things to like for sure: Kristen Bell's surprisingly great performance, and her character, she isn't a dumb one so it's often satisfying to watch the process of solving the mystery.
But the ending is so laughable. And by "laughable" I don't mean it in a good way. It's just plain bad, and I expect something better after 7 episodes of building up. Doesn't matter actually, no one will remember this soon.
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A show that tries to be a comedy, thriller, and satire all in one and fails at being any of them. It's not funny enough to work as a comedy. It's lacking the subtle or brazen irony of a parody. It's too implausible and inconsistently written to be an effective thriller.
Gets a 3 for good production value and a pretty solid performance by Kristen Bell. Everything else is mind numbingly bad. "It's a parody" is a weak cop out for the poor quality.
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Production Company:
- Gloria Sanchez Productions
Initial Release Date: Jan 28, 2022
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-MA
Awards
People's Choice Awards, USA
• 3 Nominations
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Black Reel Awards for Television
• 1 Nomination
