Ep 506 The Housemaid (Spoiler) Review 2025

In this episode the FilmBros discuss The Housemaid starring Sydney Sweeney  

Transcript

SPEAKER_00 0:00

What up, everybody? I'm your host, JP, and this is my co host Josh. Hey everybody, and welcome back to another episode of the Film Bros Podcast. Alright, Josh. So I got another movie review. Something a little different. A little left-field. A little uh uh is it new kind of? I mean No.

SPEAKER_01 0:31

It came out a year ago, I think.

SPEAKER_00 0:33

Well, I mean not the movie, but the concept. I'm thinking like, is the concept like a new new like a new wave? Because I I will say, this movie we're about to talk about a lot of people were talking about it. A lot of people were having a a a fun time. A lot of women were having a fun time, I feel. So I mean, I don't know. I d it you watched it, uh you kind of see what I'm saying. Like, is the concept a little bit different?

SPEAKER_01 1:04

No, I don't think so. I think we've had similar things like to this one.

SPEAKER_00 1:09

Hmm.

SPEAKER_01 1:10

We have to, we have to.

SPEAKER_00 1:12

Alright, we'll we'll we'll discuss it a little bit further. Josh, let them know what we're talking about today, and we'll really start diving into it.

SPEAKER_01 1:19

We're talking about the housemaid 2025. Hi, Melanie. Hi, Mrs. Winchester. Oh, please call me Mina. Come on in. So what do you want this to me?

SPEAKER_00 1:33

I just really enjoy being a housemaid. We're very familiar, of course. You know, this is a little bit of money. This is your thing.

SPEAKER_01 1:48

It's perfect.

SPEAKER_00 1:53

So would you like to get into it? See what you're getting yourself into. Hello? Lily's gonna be living with us. She's gonna live with us. She can be part of the family. I want you to feel safe here. I do. Yes, Josh. Like you said, we're a little bit late to the party. Okay, we're a little late. That's okay. Um, this movie, I gotta be honest with you, alright? Initial reaction when I first seen it, I said, hey, this is probably not my movie, right? I said, hey, this is probably gonna be, you know, something that maybe girls will really like. Maybe, you know, I should have known better because Sydney Sweeney's in this movie, and I was like, you know, she is there for the male gaze, in my opinion. I like she is honestly in a lot of things for the male gaze. It's unfortunate that she's kind of getting to that position, but it is what it is. It seems like those are the roles that she's taking, especially with like if you're Euphoria season three, what we've been seeing and stuff, is what it is. I gotta be honest, I this one was not on my radar as heavy, and I was like, when it comes out on streaming, but I actually wound up buying it on physical. So, I mean, Josh, what was your kind of like initial thought when you saw this movie and like walking into it? What were you what were you thinking this movie was gonna be?

SPEAKER_01 3:27

Man, I told you, I told you I thought this movie was gonna be another fucking like 50 shades of gray, some shit like that, like chick flick like that. I told you like that's the vibe it was giving off, and like it almost had me. I thought I the movie played me for a fool for a good half of that shit, so I was like, okay, you know what I mean, but I I I would say that was my initial thought. I mean, even when we saw the trailer, I was like, this feels like another one of those movies.

SPEAKER_00 3:58

Um yeah, just a little bit more on the horror side for sure, because it um when I say like a new concept in the beginning, I I do mean it's kind of like a newer concept because I don't think obviously we've had women coming out on top, and you know, I think we've had JLos enough, right? Like we've had um we've had the actual like Tina Turner story and all that stuff. So it's like we've seen this kind of concept where like the woman prevails and all that stuff, like that's but this one is a little bit different, right? Where it's like it plays out in a way where you know, like a toxic relationship where like one is gaslighting the other one, and you know, they gotta kind of play along and until eventually a twist happens within the movie and it causes things to you know change said gaslighting into certain different elements that were obviously you know used, which is nice, it was it was fun, it was nice, right? Um but yeah, I I think this concept kind of uh hatched off the back of like other, like I said, concepts like enough and all that stuff where those walked this one, kind of took it, ran with it, and you know jabbed everybody with a knife on the way out. They were just like, hey, it is what it is. Um, but yeah, I think it's time for us to start diving a little bit into this film. Josh, obviously, there's spoilers for the people out there. We're gonna do our best to, you know, obviously keep it spoiler-free as much as possible, but there's no promises here, so spoilers up ahead for sure. Uh, Josh, you kind of want to break down this movie a little bit, then we'll go through the Rotten Tomato score and all that good stuff.

SPEAKER_01 5:38

Um, I don't want to spoil it, so just the the gist, the gist of it. Okay, Sydney Sweeney plays this care give care housemaid in an attempt to get away from her past. Only thing is the family she works for, the wife, the husband, and the I mean, maybe not the kid, aren't who they say they are. And there's some shady things going on. So the movie throws you for a loop, and that's kind of where we're at. She plays the housemaid for a majority of the I mean, yeah, she's the housemaid. That's that's a good way. That's pretty much it.

SPEAKER_00 6:16

A good way, spoiler-free to put it, I guess. Yeah, I like it. Um, you did say a couple of the cast members, Sydney Sweeney is uh in there, and so is Amanda Sifried. Um 73% certified fresh on the tomato meter with a 92% on the popcorn meter, verified hot for the audience. I mean, do we agree?

SPEAKER_01 6:38

I agree. Uh I can I can get by that score. I can see it. No, no judgments here.

SPEAKER_00 6:44

No, no. We're looking at in nobody sideways, right? Uh, if you didn't like it, I can kind of understand why you wouldn't like it. Uh maybe we could talk about what is maybe not to like from this film towards the end of it. Um, but for the most part, I can I can I get behind all of this, right? Uh directed by Paul Fay. Not really too familiar with his work, not sure if he's done uh too too much. Let me see here. He's done like some TV series, produced some. Uh he played a character back in 1995 in a show called Heavyweights, never seen that. So very much He did the female Ghostbusters. He produced it, right?

SPEAKER_01 7:27

No, I directed it. Oh, I like the heat. That's not bad.

SPEAKER_00 7:37

I see produced on all of it. I don't see any director creds.

SPEAKER_01 7:43

He also said he said Jack Executive Producer Jackpot with uh what's her name?

SPEAKER_00 7:52

Jackpot? Uh with uh with uh John Cena and uh Yeah Oh he did direct that one He directed that one so when did he start actually like because this one says executive producer but he probably directed an episode Let me see an early movie You said he did uh He did the he Yeah he did the female Ghostbusters Oh right here Oh he did direct it Okay Alright so his track record isn't the hottest then I mean I was gonna leave it at maybe he's a little unknown to me but uh you know he's he doesn't have the hottest track record right now let me just be honest here Um Paul Fay is the the director, uh Sidney Sweeney as Millie Colloway, Amanda Sidfried as Nina Winchester, uh Brandon Sklinner, which a lot of people want him to play Batman. Uh he's playing Andrew Andrew Winchester, um Indiana Elliott CC Winchester, which is the daughter, uh Mikael Morene Moreno uh as Enzo and so on and so forth. The rest of the cast kind of falls in line, but that's basically the big the big uh the big dogs of the movie. Um start with characters? Josh?

SPEAKER_01 9:18

I I think I liked everybody's character. I I mean I think there was a couple standouts. I if we're talking actor side, everybody killed it, but Sydney Sweeney, unfortunately. I I think I vibe with everybody else though.

SPEAKER_00 9:39

Um any reasons why Sydney Sweeney was not your favorite in the show?

SPEAKER_01 9:46

She was flat, dude. She was so flat. Everything that she said, everything revealed that she had, every like fucking reaction she had was so flat. It was so like, but you told me to do that. Like, I don't know. There was no convincing on her part. I I guess the best scene of hers was when you know she was told to basically punish herself. Like that's the best, and even then, that's like that's like right at the end. So there's no real, you know, there's no real chops here.

SPEAKER_00 10:20

Um I know she also did that horror movie too. Not the nun, it was something different, right? Um she did it, it was a different horror movie. I don't know. I I never watched it. Um never been a big fan of Sydney Sweeney. Um I I can kind of follow you when you say that she was kind of flat when you say that she was kind of flat in this one. Um I didn't I I Amanda Sinfree, she was really good. I like Brandon Skeller Skellner as um as the husband as well. Honestly, I even think the daughter was given a better performance than Sydney Sweeney herself, which I thought was kind of insane. Okay. Um especially, you know, Sydney Sweeney with her roots and all that stuff. But that's what I'm uh, you know, was kind of getting at in the beginning as well. Like Sydney Sweeney is at the point where I feel like she's just there for the male gaze, it's not really you know, her acting chops don't have to necessarily be there if she's surrounded by two other people that are basically selling it, right? And I say that is bullshit because she's supposed to be the one who's selling half of this stuff. Even when, you know, like I said, I'm trying to keep it as spoiler-free as possible, but uh like when there is those moments of like affair and stuff like that, it was more like it felt more like she was forced to do it than she was wanting to do it as she wanted to do it, right? Like in the movie they set it up as it was a want as well, not necessarily and obviously it's bad, but like she couldn't play both sides, I don't feel like she couldn't show that guilt and also pleasure at the same time, if that makes sense. So I feel like what they opted to do was just show her full body instead, and it was like wow, that is you know, for some people might be amazing, right? And then like this is a great cop out for me. Right. I mean, we talked about it before. I I feel like unnecessary sex scenes and movies are kind of ridiculous, and though I can say that maybe this one was possibly necessary into this film, you know, it it it's you know, it makes me sound a little gay to be like, I don't want to see Sydney Sweeney on my screen, but at the same time, I just don't want it to be for nothing, right? Like I'm there for the movie, and for you to just throw Sydney Sweeney in there, it's like, oh, it's a nice treat, but what a distraction, right? It's like throwing the flashbang in my face. It's like, why? Right, why'd you do that? Is it because she couldn't perform that scene as it needed to be? It is what it is. I mean, good cop out, but we could have uh we could have asked for more instead of settling for the basic, right?

SPEAKER_01 13:14

Right she just I don't know, dude. She just couldn't save it for me.

SPEAKER_00 13:20

Even the even the like uh well okay, well let's just say wait, save the movie or the scene, or because I'm like her role, like she's um if you can kind of agree with me and then you could kind of get to your point, but like is she kind of there for that reason as like a male gaze drop you know drive in um other eyes besides obviously women?

SPEAKER_01 13:46

I mean, I'm pretty sure, you know what I mean? And I and like unfortunate that she fell into that trap, but she's kind of leaned into it, so uh we can't fully blame her for that. So I mean, kind of kind of male candy, kind of trying to be good, but it's a bit of harder to be taken seriously when you're just eye candy.

SPEAKER_00 14:08

Yeah, we need to have a little both, right? A little of the the chops to kind of be there with like Amanda Sinfrey, I think she's pretty and all that stuff. I don't think she really needs to show her body off like that in order to to prove a point, and I think she smashed this movie, like she completely killed every scene that she was in, from her being freakish to you know. I did think that she played it a little over the top a couple of the times, but you know, obviously that's where they were going for, so I can let it slide. But she did amazing, and let's just be honest, there was no cop-outs for her. So um maybe maybe she just doesn't play that role no more. Um, and I gotta say, Brendan, uh, I haven't seen him in a lot of like films, and I really enjoyed him in this film for like what he was, and even with the you know, the little twists and turns that were there, I really appreciated him.

SPEAKER_01 15:04

Yeah, I think she was great. Uh, you know, I hadn't put my nose on who Brandon Sklenor is up and up until you said his name. Me, me and CJ thought he was like an off-brand fucking um what's his name? Tom Cruise's protege. What's his name?

SPEAKER_00 15:22

Oh, Glen Powell?

SPEAKER_01 15:24

Glen Powell. We thought he was like an off-brand Glen Powell. Knowing that we we've seen him in like drop and stuff.

SPEAKER_00 15:33

He wasn't drop. He wasn't drop. Yeah. But I don't think they killed him.

SPEAKER_01 15:40

Uh really? Let's be see.

SPEAKER_00 15:44

I'm trying to think.

SPEAKER_01 15:46

He was in Vice.

unknown 15:50

No.

SPEAKER_01 15:50

No, yeah, no. I guess his big break was drop. It ends with us. He was in that one.

SPEAKER_00 15:58

Westworld, he was in Westworld. Maybe he was.

SPEAKER_01 16:00

Oh, Black Lively.

SPEAKER_00 16:01

I only got to season two of that show, so if he came out after season two, then I didn't see him in that one. Unless I did and I just didn't know who he was at the time. Maybe.

SPEAKER_01 16:15

I don't know. I think I think I think you're right. I think the drop was probably his big break.

SPEAKER_00 16:21

Yeah. And I mean that's cool. And this one obviously is gonna skyrocket him, sucks he can't, or you know, um, capitalize on a sleek war or nothing like that, but that's okay. We can um move on to different ventures like the Batman, like we said, right? Um or how people say, I don't know if he's Batman material. Haven't seen him in like a dramatic role just yet, or at least a crazy dramatic role where he has to play some kind of Batman type. I know a lot of people were kind of reaching for what is it? Um the Reacher star, Jack or not Jack Ritch. Yeah, um Alan Richard. Jack. Yeah, but but obviously because he's been in Reacher and he's they're like, oh, he's the perfect Batman. Look at him. He could do obviously do both roles or whatever. Uh but I you know, he has the physique. I will say, he does have the physique. It's really cool. Uh plot, this is where, like I said, the concept and all that stuff kind of comes into play here. Uh I liked it. This concept of like, you know, the women I'm trying to be spoiler-free, but it is unfortunate that I can't keep it 100%. But like the toxic relationship thing is uh obviously like a regular trope, and then to take it into a different direction with like obviously uh what do you call it, infidelity and all that stuff, like I'm saying all that stuff has been seen. So like when you guys are like scratching your head like, oh, like this concept isn't new. I'm saying this concept of like making it seem like the men are crazy or something like that, and what is how do you say it? This kind of socks psychological abuse kind of thing. I feel like it has been more of a popular trend trend in the like the 2019 to like later on, and I feel like this is kind of like the love child of everything that basically came before, if that makes sense.

SPEAKER_01 18:32

It does have its moments where it feels very like on the nose, but I don't know why you're probably right. I don't know why we're in that era, you know what I mean? Because I was looking up similar movies to this, and I mean you got fucking Invisible Man, you got Split, you got fucking like a handful of movies, yeah. Uh fucking twin uh blink twice, watcher, orphan, like the the trope that has kind of become the norm is this one. And I mean, I I guess as a dude, it doesn't really bother me, you know what I mean? But like as a movie viewer, it's also I mean I would say it probably bothers me because it's it's not the best kind of trope, you know what I mean? It's not my favorite trope anyway.

SPEAKER_00 19:26

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 19:26

And while I'm sure this catches people's attention, and I mean the way this movie did it was kind of flawless, it's gonna become very stale if we have to continue watching shit like this.

SPEAKER_00 19:37

Yeah, because the best way I I can put it, and it I'm glad you brought up Invisible Man because that's a great, great kind of like example. Because we watched it with multiple women around, right? And when it seemed like it was the woman not doing enough, or you know, it was them as the victim and everything, it seemed like they hated the movie, right? And even with this one as well, it like in the beginning, I watched it with my girl, and it seemed like she was hating the movie in the beginning, and then it wasn't until a certain point where like it switched. Same thing with Invisible Man, where like it switched and it was like, oh my like they it turns it around. So I don't know if like maybe this is the ultimate horror movie for like women. I don't know. Like, is are we that scary? Is men scary to this point? I don't know.

SPEAKER_01 20:32

Uh I mean they say that we are that men can be scary. I don't know to this extent. I don't know. I like I'm sure it's all exaggerative, but I don't know.

SPEAKER_00 20:45

Nah, not really. I mean, there is some crazy stuff. I mean, I've I've seen a lot of like body cam videos. There's literally one where like a girl was had like she was dog collared chained to her like top floor, and her man like left her there for like a whole day or something like that. So I mean, it happens. It's it's a the these things, you know, men do do that, women do it too. I'm not saying that it's one or the other. I just I think it's funny to me when these movies come out and it's like I kind of seen it coming, unfortunately, uh the with this whole plot thing because I even told my girl too, I was like, I was like, I feel like the guy's not in the clear here. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't feel like he's you know, I don't feel like he I there was one line that really put it out for me, and that was like in one moment where they were like, Oh yeah, you have the perfect husband or something, and I was like, No. No, that's not that's not the way that works.

SPEAKER_01 21:40

You know, I didn't pick up on it until like super fucking late, actually.

SPEAKER_00 21:44

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 21:45

Until until she dude was like, Oh, you'll learn. You know, that was kind of my hit, but by then everything had already gone sideways. So that's when I fully was like, Oh shit, he's the fucking he's He's insane. He's the one that's making people go crazy.

SPEAKER_00 22:02

Oh, so it just you just it took it did take you a second. Okay. Well it was good to know that it it uh sat there for a second for you because I didn't you know, like I said, it was an educated guess, and when I when I hit the mark I was just more like oh like oh I was like damn it was one of those movies which like I said I I f I appreciate that they didn't just be like oh man bad because he's nar narcissistic or whatever. Like he actually this was actually a horror movie and it added more volume that you know uh the extra steps were there, um, you know, the torture and whatnot that was you know put into the film and w and all that. But yeah, I mean plot wise, like I said, the concept has been uh for the past few years has been beat to death. Gotta be honest. But I gotta say, Amanda Siefried uh in the front, and I guess Sydney Sweeney too. I really like Brendan as well. Like I I feel like they made it work for this movie. So I gotta give the plot basic plot, but really elevated by the characters, right? Right. Um camera work? Cinematography.

SPEAKER_01 23:21

A lot of it was cool. I mean you had a lot of basic stuff, but a lot of it for the most part was pretty cool about how it like moved around the room and stuff. I think I think it does pretty good. I can't hate it, I can't knock it. Like I I was kind of visually uh stunned by most by some of it. Yeah, I some of it was atrocious, but some of it was also really good.

SPEAKER_00 23:47

I don't think there was any bad shots. I don't think there's any bad shots, but I don't think he did anything new or anything that really like flipped the camera work on its head or something, you know what I mean? Like everything felt pretty standard and you know, like even scenes like this, it was just more like, oh, you know, okay. Uh standard horror movie shot, right? Like it was just everything felt basic with the camera work. That's why I'm trying to like figure out like was there anything that you know really, really stood out, and I can't really think of anything that stands out when it comes to the camera work. Um but yeah, yeah. So kind of basic when it comes to the department.

SPEAKER_01 24:25

Very basic stuff, but it was cool Android for the most part.

SPEAKER_00 24:30

Um, and I mean I think that's basically everything. One thing I will give it points for CGI blood was not CGI and so that was pretty cool. It was just, you know, it looked pretty weird real. I didn't feel like, you know, like they had to overdo it over the top scenes. I think the over the most over the top was like the climax, which was fine and it worked out. Um there was a scene that actually made me kind of like wince a little bit, and that's a positive for me that because that doesn't really happen for a lot of movies. Um yeah.

SPEAKER_01 25:08

Um I don't I don't know. Well I don't know. I think I want to keep talking about Sydney Sweeney and how she kind of sucked.

SPEAKER_00 25:21

Well, like I said, uh that's where we're gonna get to this back end before we give our rating and all that stuff. I kind of wanted to give reasons why I basically did not like this film besides CGI blood was tough. But it wasn't like I said, it wasn't bad.

SPEAKER_01 25:37

The closest we got to I mean, the real stuff was when she was like doing that stuff, right? Like the stomach thing.

SPEAKER_00 25:46

Well, no, well, I mean, like I said, the I think the only over-the-top scene where like maybe they used a little bit of CGI blood and all that stuff was obviously the climax. But everything else was pretty much pretty much anything, it's a spoiler. Um, but yeah. Uh the things I did not like about this film.

SPEAKER_01 26:12

Things in you know, I think side characters. I don't think that I think there wasn't enough side characters. I I think I think her backstory too needed work. I know that kind of has to do with like plot and stuff, but now that I'm thinking about it, not enough side characters and her backstory. I was thinking about it all day actually, because they they say she went to prison and all that stuff, and then for stuff for no reason did her roommate like not want to confess to what happened. I I think they could have went that route and been like she was bribed, or you know, she she didn't want to lose her scholarship, something, anything down those lines, other than I we don't know why she just chose not to. I don't know. I don't uh it was things like that.

SPEAKER_00 27:04

Yeah. Um that that's where that's where I was gonna kind of get to was I gotta say, you know, the concept, like I said, um it only works if like the most shitty shittiest shit things ever happened to you in the life, like exactly what you said. She saved her friend, and the friend just said, No, like I'm you you're gonna go down for this. She went down for that. Okay. And then for me, setting up anybody to to go out is terrible. So like there was a few scenes where like obviously a lot of the things were you know, it's only gonna work out if nobody really says anything and you just kind of move it along, kind of thing. And there was a couple times where I was like, hey, no no no. We there was you guys are more of an asshole for allowing this stuff to happen than for than to stop it and actually to put your foot down and be like, no, no, no, like let that is going too far, right? I gotta be honest, by the end of it, I didn't know who I was rooting for. Okay, I I think that was one thing that um that I think this movie kind of got a little askew. I was just like, okay, well, do I do I really care, you know, that they did all this because it's still like who's really the bad guy out of everything, right? Like they you set them up, they they were set up, this person was set up, you set them up to go even further. It just seems like, and then by the end of it, you're gonna make a job out of it, a fucking career. So it's like I don't know if I can root for this hero or anti-hero or whatever they're supposed to be, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 29:01

Right, right. And like everybody was so cool about the kind of thing that they did. It's there's only gonna be okay. How are you gonna cover up this many disappearances surrounding one person? You know what I mean? The cops can only do so much before someone's like, hey, this neighborhood got something going on, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00 29:26

Right.

SPEAKER_01 29:27

So, like, that's what I think. But I don't know. That's the thing. I mean, I wasn't I wouldn't say I was rooting for anybody. I mean, this movie clearly was just trying to make like the point of like, oh well, men can be bad. It's clearly all his fault, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00 29:44

Well, I mean, but I felt like uh with every movie, I mean with these kind of movies, like there's all the final girl is always the one that who's rooted for. Like you always want that final girl. Scream does it, Halloween does it. Uh every like horror movie, like when you're in the right, like I said, this concept hasn't been new. When the J Lo did it back back in the day with Enough, um, it was it was cool. You rooted for her because you knew the guy was a piece of shit, and she did everything that she can to to stop him, and yeah, ultimately it ended in his tragic ending, but that was because he didn't stop and she gave him multiple chances to stop. This one, it just felt non-stop. Nah, we're I'm gonna do what I need to do, and I don't give a fuck about the consequences, and then by the end of it, there was no consequences to be had.

SPEAKER_01 30:30

Right, and like that's I mean, that's the thing, because they definitely don't set her up to be a hero. What did she do really outside of I guess an affair?

SPEAKER_00 30:41

Well, that's what I'm saying. Like, she was basically set up she was basically the ticking time bomb that was set there. Sydney Sweeney's character was a ticking time bomb set there to basically explode and do everything and you know be the replacement at the same time. So you replace the the the person that obviously is in distress with the ticking time bomb, and then eventually that ticking time bomb is the one that does everything in. My head, I'm like, you couldn't do it yourself. You gotta set somebody else up to do it for you? Like, I mean I would have I think I would have rooted for Amanda Sinfried's character a little bit more if it was something down those lines where like she was just trying to pull survival instead of actually setting homeboy up. I thought that was kind of a different turn.

SPEAKER_01 31:34

I don't know, like this is the thing, because I do like this movie, but I feel like we've gotten we've gotten similar things. I mean, the invisible man made it feel personal. I mean, you recently watched Send Help, and this was kind of down like that main vein.

SPEAKER_00 31:51

Mm-hmm. But same thing. I that's what I'm saying, is like I think what they do with some of these characters, and I gotta say, with that that character that you just said too, they kind of blur the lines a little too much to the point where you don't even know if you want to root for that person anymore. You know what I mean? Um, and that's why I I was like, well, I wanted to get CJ's opinion a little bit on it too, because I was like, hey, well, you know, I need to get another woman's opinion to see where this movie really picks up for them. And like I said, it it kind of picks up a little bit when it the twist kind of happens and you know it's a little bit more revealed. Or I want to say when I I think when the affair kind of happens is when I think, or when like it's getting closer to that is when it kind of draws the attention a little bit more. Um but so do they are they able to just disregard everything else? So I'm just like my attention was drawn since the beginning because I was interested and I kind of knew where this was gonna kind of go. It kind of lost me when it got a little too fifty shades of gray, but then when we kind of picked it up back into that whole horror element, like things are happening and stuff, that's when it caught my attention again. So I'm just like, maybe, like you said, give her a little bit more of the backstory and you know, a little bit more resistance or a little bit more logical resistance and give it a little bit more consequence would probably go a long way with this film. But like I said, it doesn't mean that I hate the film, I just feel like there was certain things that I was like, huh?

SPEAKER_01 33:27

You you there's yeah, there's just some stuff you can't really like close your head to because the movie raises a lot of questions itself. Like she clearly is on parole. So you know what I mean? So like what what the fuck? You know, like I don't know, I don't understand that. That's like certain questions. Certain questions are raised that whole that I don't even even a second part to me. I don't want to have to see her do this whole seductive thing just to you know get the get the job done, quote unquote get the job done, and then and then you know, now we're moving on to a third installment. Like, I need she needs a lot more resistance, she needs the cops, she can't just be doing this.

SPEAKER_00 34:14

Yeah, she's like you can't just have free range to like the neighborhood really like there everybody knows, but nobody knows at the same time, right? Like everybody knows, like, oh, this guy really has it put together, but nobody knows that things are going crazy. Like we like I said, we see movies where like the neighbor kind of knows and they kind of r raise the red flag, you know. There's uh scenarios where like the kids get involved or something, but like this one, it was different because they knew the scenario and replaced themselves with somebody else to do the basically the dirty work. And on top of that, you berated that person at the same time in order to get it to the point where it needed to be. So it's like eh. I I I like I said I enjoyed it, but certain things just need to be fixed for sure. But yeah, I I would just leave that at that and I would just give it my rating at the end of it. One to ten, one being the worst, ten being the best, five being in the middle. I gotta say, I give it like a seven. I really enjoyed it. I'd watch it again. Um I don't think it's a terrible movie. I think it's above average. Like I said, this concept is a little it's getting a little played out. Um I guess maybe this is just from a guy's perspective when it comes down to these, you know, types of films, but I do enjoy some like I said, a good chunk of the aspects of this film for sure. Um I'm hoping we get a little bit more gory with the next one. Hopefully with a little bit more money in the in the back end. I don't know if that'll ruin the whole you know um the whole feel of this film, but I do I personally felt a little bit more at on edge when you know the actual torture and stuff was kind of going down.

SPEAKER_01 35:58

So You said Kristen Dunce is supposed to be in the sequel.

SPEAKER_00 36:06

Yeah, she's gonna be playing apparently alongside Sydney Sweeney this time, which I mean we're gonna talk about that after you gave your rating.

SPEAKER_01 36:13

So I'm sorry. It's just because I like the movie. But you're right, there's a lot of more things here. Maybe we need a woman. Maybe we're maybe we're just being real men about this. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_00 36:27

I mean that could be of the case too where I that that's why I'm like trying to be careful a little bit here.

SPEAKER_01 36:32

So I mean I liked it. But when I watch it again, I mean I kind of know the twists already. I I guess I'd watch it again for like the two, because I know Sydney's sweeney. I know we have an extensive conversation about her coming, but she needs work. So I don't know if I could watch it again. If everything is gonna be like, oh no, hey, you want a baloney sandwich? Like what? Come on. Give me some oh Sydney, please.

SPEAKER_00 37:04

Right.

SPEAKER_01 37:05

I I I I think I'm with you. I'd give it like a six out of ten.

SPEAKER_00 37:10

A six, or at one point I need a little bit better than your average movie, but not amazing or spectacular.

SPEAKER_01 37:16

Yeah. I did have fun, I did enjoy it. It was cool.

SPEAKER_00 37:19

Okay, okay. Um, yeah, yeah. And you did bring up the whole Kristen Dunce. There is a sequel in the works. We've, you know, I think we've even kind of discussed it a little bit on one of our topic episodes just in passing. Kristen Dunce is gonna be playing the opposite of Sydney Sweeney. She Sydney Sweeney is coming back, which we already got it confirmed. I'm hoping we get a little bit more, but exactly that. Sydney Sweeney as a as a actor herself is just becoming eye candy for the male gaze. And I can for a part of me could say, hey, I'm down for that, right? But then a part of me is like, hey, no, we need a we need a little bit more depth from a character. You you can't go and do certain roles, you know, like she did Christy, right? Isn't isn't that one of the roles that she did? Isn't that like a boxing film?

SPEAKER_01 38:14

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 38:15

Yeah, but like you did that, and then you go back to euphoria and to like films like this. It's like we need to evolve and not go back. And you know, I I said this to you on the phone, but I think it is funny because it's like I feel like she's kind of getting into a spot where like Margot Robbie was. Margot Robbie doesn't sexualize herself like that, so she's good, but it's getting to a point where Sydney Sweeney's gonna be in that bracket of just like you're gonna get roles only to like sexualize yourself, and that's not we need acting chops, not you know, I guess it that it's nice too, but at the same time, we want a little bit more. I I would have probably been more excited for a sequel if Amanda Sidfried was gonna be playing with Kristen Dunce.

SPEAKER_01 39:01

So okay. Well, I mean Kristen Dunce is more seasoned, and then I think that's the thing. Putting her up against seasoned actors, I mean anybody, not just Sidney's weenie, but you put any new actor against a seasoned actor, and they're just gonna smoke them.

SPEAKER_00 39:24

Is it gonna be like uh uh Helen Morena or something? I would uh that's Jason Statham's mom in Fast and the Fury. So oh the British Lady, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 39:40

I know that I know her from there, but uh you tell me her name, and I just was like, Whoa, whoa, whoa.

SPEAKER_00 39:45

Yeah, I know that I know, but like I'm saying, that's like the final boss, like she's gonna be going against her acting chops, and I just don't want to see you put I mean it just goes it just it's unfortunate.

SPEAKER_01 39:57

And I I don't even want to talk about Cindy Sweeney being like a rookie, but I mean compared to the people she's going against, they've been doing it for much longer. And like that's the problem. Because I'm sure she's good, like you said, you I think her best before you're season two. I think when she was acting crazy for and doing all that shit she was doing for Nate Nate Jacobson on them, she does great there. But she I don't know where along the way she decided to get lazy about it.

SPEAKER_00 40:24

She also like sexualized in that season two, right?

SPEAKER_01 40:27

Well, I mean, yeah, that's kind of what her character is. She plays a dumb blonde, but the point is that in season two, she kind of gets like a fire under her because she's trying to be like Maddie, and so she kind of like picks up a little bit more seriousness and you actually feel what she's talking about. But other than that, right now she's kind of they're grifting a little bit in season three. I know this is not a euphoria topic, but she's kind of grifting and like getting real people mad about her performance about being like an OnlyFans model, and it's the funniest thing because she says stuff that the show put there, and like I could really imagine Sydney Sweeney signed off on that bullshit and was like, Yeah, this is cool. They got mad at me for jeans. Let's fucking you know what I mean.

SPEAKER_00 41:12

Yeah, I know. I've been seeing a lot of the things where people are like, oh, this is like the humiliation ritual, this is you know, them getting back at her for the gene commercial, whatever, blah blah blah. I'm just like, oh my god, yeah. This is just roles that she picks.

SPEAKER_01 41:25

I know, she fucking she she signs up for this shit and she swears it's for the bet the betterment, you know what I mean? But so the housemaid is a series of books. I didn't know it was a it was a book series.

SPEAKER_00 41:38

Yeah, it's yeah. Oh, I should have probably mentioned that in the beginning too, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 41:42

So we got the housemaid, and then you have the housemaid's secret. That's what this next one is, and the housemaid is watching. So maybe if the first one sets up the murder, and then the second one she's like, Oh, I'm not the only one with a secret, and then the Kirsten Dunce has her own little secrets or whatever. I can get behind it, but if it's just another I'll just have this girl murder and do what she does against these people. I'll give it a boy like that. I'm sorry. Yeah, but have you know, do just a business now?

SPEAKER_00 42:12

It's just like oh yeah do her job, call her business, do her side hustle. Yeah, just call 1-800, I'm it's over with.

SPEAKER_01 42:20

Right, right, right. 1-800 freedom, you know what I mean? Some shit like that. Like, if she's doing things like that and it's just a constant retelling, I don't think it'll survive. But you know, if she I think anything that she's in, if she's gonna market herself as as, you know, unfortunately having sex and stuff, people gooners are gonna go up and just you know, see it. That's the problem.

SPEAKER_00 42:46

I mean, uh like I said, it's not a problem for the movie with eye candy, because like I said, it does bring in a different demographic than what is probably it's like with anything, right? Like you put in a Marvel movie, you obviously want to put in the male gaze too to make sure that you're the women gays too, you get men that are why do you think Brendan Skeller was as jacked as he was and all that stuff?

SPEAKER_01 43:08

You think that well yeah, no, I mean that's the thing. I don't I don't have a problem with sex appeal. My problem is that making it your whole identity.

SPEAKER_00 43:14

That's the problem.

SPEAKER_01 43:15

And then and then you can't act, you're not an actor anymore.

SPEAKER_00 43:18

You might as well be an actual Jolie. She's good, but she's also a great actress, too. So I mean Exactly. You can do both. You can do both.

SPEAKER_01 43:25

You can do both, you can do both.

SPEAKER_00 43:27

But you know, you opt for one and you opt for the sexualization one, and it kind of seems a little lazy, in my opinion. You know what I'm saying? Let's like, you know.

SPEAKER_01 43:37

Like you're gonna put the whole film on Kristen Dunce's back? You can't. It's not fair.

SPEAKER_00 43:41

You put the whole film on Amanda Sinfrey's back and Brendan. That's not fair.

SPEAKER_01 43:46

It's not fair.

SPEAKER_00 43:47

It's not fair. Uh they still all got the same paycheck. It's fucked up. Uh but let us know what you guys think, though. Uh The Housemaid is out right now. Um, I bought it on digital. I don't know where Josh watched it. I don't know if he or I bought it on physical. I don't know. watched it on stars so you got cable interesting no no it fucking but the about the little subscription oh nice nice oh so you watched it on kind of like streaming I guess yeah was able to get like the little streaming extension okay so you could watch it on stars maybe it'll be on streaming pretty soon go watch it on physical media to mean that that's that's the one that I always opt for cling uh let us know your guys' thoughts there is a sequel coming out pretty soon so maybe you guys want to make sure you catch this one up and it is on based on books so if it is a a whole saga you might want to go ahead and catch up let us know your guys' thoughts any movies we should be reviewing TV shows uh topics we should be talking about uh you want to hear your voice on one of these episodes one of these days Josh let them know where they could do all that TikTok Instagram at filmballs podcast once episodes are up against there for any news and movies on us to cover best probably the social at escape views like a Patreon you subscribe to the show grow great appreciate it listen to us anyweek podcast at filmbust podcast spottify youtube podcast and the website podcast be part of the conversation twitch at firmballs podcast and we'll also send us subscribe to you too at filmbose podcast with that being said we'll talk to you guys on the next one later bye bye