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The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window
Promotional release poster Table of Contents Show Premise[edit] Cast and characters[edit] Recurring[edit] Episodes[edit] Production[edit] Development[edit] Casting[edit] Filming[edit] Release[edit] Critical reception[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] What is the woman in the house across the street a parody of? Who created the woman across the street? What movie is the woman in the house across the street based on? Is the woman across the street from the girl in the window a true story?
Genre	Dark comedy Satire Thriller Mystery
Created by	Rachel Ramras Hugh Davidson Larry Dorf
Directed by	Michael Lehmann
Starring	Kristen Bell Michael Ealy Tom Riley Mary Holland Cameron Britton Shelley Hennig Samsara Yett
Music by	Nami Melumad
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Rachel Ramras Hugh Davidson Larry Dorf Kristen Bell Will Ferrell Jessica Elbaum Brittney Segal Michael Lehmann
Producer	Danielle Weinstock
Cinematography	John W. Lindley
Editors	Tara Timpone Jennifer Van Goethem Stephanie Willis
Running time	22–29 minutes
Production companies	Hugh Rachel Larry Gloria Sanchez Productions
Distributor	Netflix Streaming Services
Release
Original network	Netflix
Original release	January 28, 2022

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (originally titled The Woman in the House) is an American dark comedy streaming television miniseries created by Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson, and Larry Dorf for Netflix. Actors Kristen Bell, Michael Ealy, Tom Riley, Mary Holland, Cameron Britton, Shelley Hennig, and Samsara Yett star in the series, which has elements of thrillers, but is primarily a parody of mystery psychological thrillers. The eight-episode series runs less than four hours and was released on January 28, 2022, on Netflix. It received mixed reviews from critics, while Bell's performance was praised.

Between January 23, 2022, to February 20, 2022, the show was watched for 133.62 million hours on Netflix globally.[1]

Premise[edit]

A heartbroken woman named Anna (Kristen Bell) is unsure of whether or not she witnessed a murder. She mixes alcohol with medications prescribed by her therapist, has frequent hallucinations, and suffers from a crippling fear of the rain (ombrophobia). Anna is ostracized by members of her community, including her new neighbors, and labeled "crazy" by the police. Regardless of whether or not she saw a murder take place, Anna takes it upon herself to find the truth.[2]

Cast and characters[edit]

Main[edit]

• Kristen Bell as Anna Whitaker, a painter who takes a break from her career[3] to mourn the death of her eight-year-old daughter, a tragedy that also broke up her marriage.[4] She suffers from a fear of rain and frequently drinks whole bottles of wine with her various medications, resulting in vivid hallucinations.[5][6] She cooks chicken casseroles and reads books with titles like The Woman Across the Lake and The Girl on the Cruise.[7][8][9]
• Michael Ealy as Douglas Whitaker, Anna's ex-husband, a forensic psychiatrist and FBI profiler specializing in serial killers[4]
• Tom Riley as Neil Coleman, Anna's widowed neighbor
• Mary Holland as Sloane, Anna's supportive friend, a local art gallery owner
• Cameron Britton as Buell, a friendly, simple-minded handyman who has been repairing Anna's mailbox for years.[10][11]
• Shelley Hennig as Lisa, Neil's girlfriend who Anna believes has been murdered.[12] It is later revealed her real name is Chastity Linkous.[13]
• Samsara Yett as Emma Coleman, Neil's nine-year-old daughter[14][15]

Recurring[edit]

• Brenda Koo as Carol, Anna's judgmental neighbor[16]
• Christina Anthony as Detective Becky Lane
• Benjamin Levy Aguilar as Rex, a stripper[17]

Additional cast include: Appy Pratt as Elizabeth, Anna's 8-year-old daughter who died in 2018, Brendan Jennings as Massacre Mike, a cannibalistic serial killer who murdered Elizabeth,[6][13] Janina Gavankar as Meredith, Neil's wife who died a few months before he moved in across from Anna, Nitya Vidyasagar as Hillary, Meredith's sister, Nicole Pulliam as Claire, Douglas's coworker, and Lyndon Smith as Ms. Patrick, the murdered teacher.[15][18] The final episode features cameo appearances by Jim Rash as a flight attendant and Glenn Close as a businesswoman on the flight.[19]

Episodes[edit]

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

On October 20, 2020, Netflix gave the production a limited series order consisting of eight episodes.[2] The miniseries is created by Rachel Ramras, Hugh Davidson, and Larry Dorf and executive produced by Kristen Bell (who also stars), Will Ferrell, Jessica Elbaum, and Brittney Segal. Gloria Sanchez Productions is involved with producing the miniseries.[20][21] The creators had to cancel different ideas in their drafts for getting a comfortable shoot during the COVID-19 pandemic, and Ferrell was supervising them online through Zoom conversations.[22]

Casting[edit]

On February 19, 2021, Tom Riley joined the main cast.[23] On March 2, 2021, Mary Holland, Shelley Hennig, Christina Anthony, Samsara Yett, Cameron Britton, and Benjamin Levy Aguilar were cast in starring roles.[24] On November 10, 2021, it was reported Michael Ealy was cast to star as a lead.[25] Glenn Close revealed that she joined the cast on one request only, while the character's background was not decided yet.[26]

Filming[edit]

Principal photography took place in Los Angeles between March and May 2021.[18][27][28][29][better source needed]

While filming, hibiscus tea was used in place of red wine.[7] Bell and Ealy had a five-minute dance sequence which was cut from the release. Bell and Yett filmed much of their fight scene themselves, but they did rely on stunt doubles for certain scenes. The rain sequences required Bell to act in 50 °F (10 °C) temperature. While Bell said she has no idea about a sequel after the cliffhanger, the creators however, hinted that they are discussing for a possible sequel when they were asked about the casting of Close.[30][31][32][33][34]

The series draws inspiration from A. J. Finn's The Woman in the Window, Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train, Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, and Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects.[35][36] Bell's detective role in the series is also inspired with her previous character Veronica Mars,[37] and she also covered the rhyme "Rain Rain Go Away" for the opening theme.[38][39]

Release[edit]

On December 8, 2021, the series was given a premiere date of January 28, 2022, and a new title: The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window.[40] Bell revealed that she defended the title when Netflix wanted to shorten it.[10][41] After it released, it topped on Netflix in the US, between January 30 and February 3.[42][43]

Critical reception[edit]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 54% of 57 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The website's consensus reads, "If this sendup of literary potboilers suffers from being as glacially paced as its own whopper of a title, at least Kristen Bell makes for delightfully deadpan company."[44] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 49 out of 100 based on 21 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[45] Chitra Ramaswamy, writing for The Guardian, gave the series two stars out of a possible five, criticizing the tonal confusion as "ludicrous at best and at worst disturbing" and summarizing it as "not amusing, just awful".[46]

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