"And it is down this avenue that Millie (Sydney Sweeney) nervously drives, wearing fake glasses to make herself look more mature, to apply for the job of live-in housemaid to the wealthy couple that lives there; she is hoping her prospective employers will not notice the worrying inconsistencies in her CV. She is greeted with smiley, Stepford-blond blandness by Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried), who appears to adore Millie, and explains that the job entails cooking, cleaning and looking after her young daughter, Cece (Indiana Elle)."
"But on her very first day on the job, poor Millie discovers that the house, a perfect Martha Stewart show home when she first saw it, is now squalid chaos, and Nina is screaming with spiteful rage, blaming Millie for everything, the result of apparently having missed her meds. Her husband, Andrew (Brandon Sklenar), as handsome as a young Alec Baldwin, reassures Millie that all is well;"
Director Paul Feig shifts from broad comedy to an intentionally schlocky, schlock-serious psycho-suspense tone evoking 90s erotic noir. The film is set in an opulent, isolated mansion near bland suburbia and follows Millie (Sydney Sweeney) as she applies to be a live-in housemaid while concealing inconsistencies in her CV. She meets the seemingly adoring Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried) and her young daughter Cece, but soon discovers the house is chaotic and Nina erupts into spiteful rages. Millie's attraction to Nina’s husband Andrew (Brandon Sklenar) creates unbearable sexual tension and raises questions about grooming, manipulation, and hidden motives. The screenplay is adapted from Freida McFadden’s 2022 bestseller.
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