"The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window", who makes a title like that? Where is the creativity? Is it some sort of a reverse psychological trick?
It could be. It probably is. When I saw this title on the trending section of Netflix, I almost couldn't believe my eyes. I had very conflicting thoughts running through my head. On one hand, I am binging The Mentalist, which is incredibly awesome, and on the other hand, I see this mediocre, uncreative, mundane, absolute shame for a title on trending.
From the very beginning, right from the moment I read the title I knew there was something that didn't sit well with me. It dragged me right into watching the series. And since it's Kristen Bell on the poster, I had to bring my partner along the ride. After all, it is Kristen Bell and I don't like her. Her works hurt me. I need someone I can channel the cringe and pain towards. The series was nothing short of a gigantic disappointment. That is how I felt. But not for long.
The entire story, at least for the most part, was a bit too cliche and very very mundane for my taste. A divorced white woman who lost everything in her life, blames herself for it, lives in a very nice neighborhood, used to be successful, drinks too much wine, everyone bickers about her, things will go extremely south when she will want to turn her life around, but she will eventually emerge as the hero.
Where have we seen that before, right?
As the story progressed, which was extremely slowly, I began to think it was a more unhinged, less psychotic, female version of the first two seasons of "You". Come to think of it, there was absolutely no real progress or underlying storyline for the first 3 episodes. Imagine watching 3 episodes of a series and still not having a real idea what the series is about. Very entertaining stuff.
But there were parts I enjoyed A LOT. For example, not knowing what was part of a hallucination and what was real. The parts where things were so cliche that it was funny, like the hot single guy across the house, the annoying friend that is a true friend, the way she turns into the Instagram thot she despises, and the typical distant character (aka handyman) and bitchy neighbor. As funny as they were, these things forced me into plotting my own stories. Trying to dot the lines and creating an expectation.
The entire series simply rubbed off as horrible to me. It wasn't cohesive. There was no balance between the excellent camera work, design, costume, suspense with the acting, dialogues, or story. It felt like a very nicely polished car with no wheels or engine.
With three episodes remaining I was already done. I had no more interest in watching it anymore. If it weren't for my partner enjoying it suspiciously too much, I wouldn't have matched the enthusiasm. Fast forward to the ending..."Are you serious?". That is all I could say.
Honestly, I was in shambles. I had no clue if I had no understanding of what good series are like nowadays or if the world had lost it. I could not believe that such a shameful piece of writing made its way to the public, moreover to trending!
WHAT AM I MISSING?!
I had to look it up. I needed to know if the series was based on a real story or a book or something with a huge fanbase that drove it to such a height. I wanted to know what was the thing about this disappointing series that I didn't notice which made it so good. Maybe it had a certain type of target audience that I didn't fit into.
Turns out I had been played. It seems that the series was made as a parody. Poking fun at the books, movies, and other series of the same kind...as ridiculously as possible. Now I don't wear tinfoil hats, but unless and until the creators haven't openly claimed this theory as true, I think it is a way to save face for creating such a horrendous series. But if it is true, then hold my chicken casserole 'coz I have 4 words to say:
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First thing I said when I saw that title was "its gotta be a parody right?" I feel oddly pleased that that is true because my god that title has no right being legit otherwise.
I feel like it's kinda doing a good job though? Because everyone is looking at it is and thinking to themselves WTF? And it catches attention.
You are among the smarter ones. I was so confused that the thought of it being a parody never even crossed my mind. Yeah it did make many like myself go WTF, but TBH I don't think it deserved the watch time or attention. It isn't a great satire imo.
Ahahah. The title put me off so I didn't even see it. 🤣
From your review, it looks like I haven't missed much.
Honestly, you didn't miss anything at all. It is hours of my life I won't get back. Not sure if such "satire" is for me. I could have been better off without watching it at all.
Great review!
I loved this analogy XD
I agree that is very possible that the creators are agreeing it is a parody to save face
Thanks for your service and sacrifice! You took one for the team and I'm really grateful for not needing to watch this XD
!1UP
It seemed very fitting. haha
It is not a sacrifice I volunteered for, but the one I had to do. xD
It was fitting indeed XD
Hopefully the gods of cinema will bless you with some hidden gem after your suffering
I barely managed to finish the first episode. :^)
Oh, you must be so glad you didn't have to go through with the entire show :^^)
I'll probably watch through it a bit more. I kinda want to see how much worse it gets.
It's disappointing though, it seemed like it could be something decent just from the general concept.
It could have been. It looked fantastic, I loved how they created suspense and the confusion between whats real and whats a hallucination was spot on. But the story really really sucked. Very bleak.
Let me know what you think after watching more of it.
This TV show was on my to-watch list, because it might not be as bad as its title. Reading your review, I will discard it completely. You saved me a good few hours of my life. Thank you!
There is so much more to explore and enjoy. But this. This is an abomination.
Look at how equally the two scores are disappointing. A rare phenomenon.
what a shame, really
I saw a while ago the movie 'The woman in the window of 2021 and I found it attractive and I mean the plot that developed under the curtain and it is a film that goes beyond what we see with a spectacular twist and when I ran into this series I had in mind that I would run into something like that but better developed because they would have more time to show his character and everything around him and the truth is that it is not at all similar and has a black humor that can make you uncomfortable a little bit especially especially when it comes to the plot. When I came across this series I had in mind that I would find something similar but better developed since they would have more time to show his character and everything that surrounds him and the truth is that it is not at all similar and has a black humor that can make you a little uncomfortable especially for the plot twists that are presented and leave you with your mouth open.
I really enjoyed the series and each episode does not exceed 30 minutes in length which makes it easy to consume and does not lengthen unnecessarily.
A series that I recommend with my eyes closed. @blind-spot