![]() ![]() ![]() Bryan Tyree Henry was fabulous as Detective Little, and exactly as portrayed in the book, and Amy Adams was likable and sympathetic as such an isolated character. ![]() Overall, the Netflix version of The Woman in the Window stayed true to A.J. By the time it happened in the book, the reader might have guessed that Ed and Olivia didn’t survive, but giving the story room to breathe hit harder. The book offered a more intimate picture of the couple’s impending separation amid Anna’s affair, and most devastating of all was Anna’s efforts to keep her family alive in a snowstorm for days following the accident. Not only did the book feature more conversations with husband Ed and daughter Olivia, the narrative of what happened on that ill-fated Christmas vacation was detailed in chapters interspersed with present-day events. ![]() The movie used the same misdirects as the book - that she talks to them every day and that she and Ed were separated (both true) - but didn’t devote much time to the storyline. While the tragic event that led to Anna’s agoraphobia was hinted at from the beginning of the film and then revealed dramatically with Anna’s hallucination of their overturned vehicle in an adjoining room with snow falling around it, her family’s role in the book was larger, and thereby more upsetting. Anna’s Family Tragedy Is More Heartbreaking In The Book ![]()
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