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Amanda Seyfried just delivered her second killer performance of 2025, and this one's properly mental. The Housemaid hit theatres on December 19. Critics are calling it "garishly fun," "delightfully unnerving," and basically the perfect holiday counterprogramming for anyone sick of prestige films.
The film adapts Freida McFadden's 2022 bestseller about Millie, a parolee played by Sydney Sweeney, who lands a live-in housemaid gig with the wealthy Nina Winchester and her husband, Andrew. What starts as a dream job quickly turns into a psychological nightmare.
But here's the thing. Whilst Sweeney's name tops the poster, it's Seyfried who's absolutely stealing every scene. Critics can't stop raving about her performance as Nina, the unhinged suburban princess who veers between warm and utterly bonkers.
"Seyfried gets to operate in many different registers," wrote IndieWire's Kate Erbland. "Swanning about her Long Island mansion in resplendent whites and creams, she zings between warm and whacked-out, gaslighting proving to be her favourite activity."