{"id":2169,"date":"2025-12-30T13:06:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T13:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/?p=563258"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"the-housemaid-movie-left-out-these-alarming-plot-points-heres-what-the-book-explains-much-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/filmshrine\/2025\/12\/30\/the-housemaid-movie-left-out-these-alarming-plot-points-heres-what-the-book-explains-much-better\/","title":{"rendered":"The Housemaid movie left out alarming plot points – here’s everything the book explains better"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Housemaid finally landed in cinemas last week and has had mixed reviews, arguably due to the casting of Sydney Sweeney<\/a> as one of the leading roles.<\/p>\n

The main cast is also made up of Amanada Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar, and follows the story of how a young woman becomes the live-in housekeeper of a wealthy family.<\/p>\n

However, others noticed key differences between The Housemaid novel and the film<\/a> which you may not have immediately noticed.<\/p>\n

The reason Andrew locks Millie in the attic is different<\/h2>\n
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Adding to the list of big differences between The Housemaid novel and movie, Millie left some books lying on a table, resulting in Andrew locking her in the attic with rage. However the film disregards this action, instead having Millie break a plate that holds sentimental value to Andrew, with it being his mothers. Despite being an accident, Andrew locks her in the attic. But of course, instead of using the books to bruise her by piling them on top of her, she is instead made to cut her stomach using sharp shards of the broken plate.<\/p>\n

The peanut butter scene is cut from the film entirely<\/h2>\n

In the book, Nina freaks out when Millie tries to feed Cece a peanut butter sandwich as she’s allergic to it. However, when Millie questioned Andrew on this, he denies it and claims it would be absurd to keep peanut butter in the house when Cece is allergic. This results in Millie believing Andrew and assuming Nina and Cece were making things up.<\/p>\n

Yet, later in Nina’s POV, she explains\u00a0that Cece “was actually allergic to peanut butter” and keeping the same in their kitchen was part of Andrew’s control tactics.<\/p>\n

A number of viewers claimed<\/a> that omitting this detail cut out a lot of depth between characters and storyline.<\/p>\n

The chandelier made of hair<\/h2>\n
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@satc9898<\/a> <\/p>\n

Tell me I\u2019m not the only one who noticed this!?? #housemaid<\/a> #sydneysweeney<\/a> #amandaseyfriend<\/a> <\/p>\n

\u266c original sound – The Housemaid<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n