If you are looking for a sweet Amy Adams movie … keep looking! This is definitely not the quaint, feel-good flick you are used to. The Woman in the Window is a psychological thriller that will have you cowering behind your blankie before long. I promise you’ll need time to recover from this one.

Amy Adams is Anna Fox, a child psychologist suffering from agoraphobia. While she can’t bring herself to leave her house that doesn’t mean that she has no interest in life beyond her front door. She spends her days diligently watching, and researching online, her neighbors, She seems to have an insatiable desire to know everything about everyone she cannot know personally.

Her curiosity is piqued anew when the brownstone across the street is sold to a new family from Boston. It doesn’t take long before the awkward teenager of the family, Ethan (Fred Hechinger), introduces himself to Anna. Then follows an unexpected visit from his mother, played by Julianne Moore. Both encounters leave Anna with the sense that not all is right in the Russell home.

What follows is a confusing and confused series of flashbacks, hallucinations and unbelievable happenings all witness by Anna who is inconsistent with her medications while being very consistent with her wine consumption. Things come to a head when Anna thinks she witnesses the murder of Mrs. Russell only to discover that an entirely different woman, who is alive and well, claims to be Mrs. Jane Russell (Jennifer Jason Leigh).

Anna’s sanity is driven to the brink as her grasp on reality is questioned time and again. It is only in a truly unexpected twist that the truth comes tumbling out. The viewer is left reeling and uncertain who will be left standing in the end.

Amy Adams does a brilliant job in this film adaptation of AJ Finn’s novel of the same name. While the storyline gets muddled at times and production was reportedly fraught with issues despite Netflix’s best efforts, it is still a suspenseful flick with some darn fine acting.

If you are looking for a good, old-fashioned movie jump scare, this one has a few. It’s also got an interesting storyline, A-list actors and all the ingredients for a satisfying thriller. The Woman in the Window has it all, be sure to set some time aside to take it in.