Apartment 7A streaming — poorly reviewed

Is it a sequel to Apartment 3G?

Yes Rose it has nothing to do with rosemary’s baby at all!

I just realized I can watch it for free as I get paramount plus through my Amazon account. I will watch and report back.

Is this a miniseries? Anyone watch the Zoe Zaldana version a few years back. I didn’t but I know it took place in Paris.

SPOILERS. Huge disappointment. Rosemary's Baby is one of my favorite movies so I was looking forward to this prequel but it's just clunky. They could have created a much better backstory for Terry. There's no meeting in the laundry room between Terry and Rosemary so there's no indication that they've met. We do see a young, slim blonde woman in pigtails pass Terry in the laundry and we assume it's Rosemary EXCEPT Mrs. Gardenia (the previous tenant in Guy and Rosemary's apartment) is still alive so they haven't moved into the building yet. They do recreate the scene where Minnie and Roman see Rosemary for the first time. SPOILER. Terry jumps out of the window after dancing to BE MY BABY in front of the coven. Oy.

Dianne Weist seems to have been given a note to behave nothing like Ruth Gordon did in the original movie. Her Minnie is much more aggressive with Terry than the character was with Rosemary, and speaks with a very strong New York accent.

Ruth had a very strong New York accent so there’s that. The original is so good because of the nuance way in which the sinister characters creep up on you. Even the husband. One is not quite sure he is fucked up until it just becomes obvious. The original is one of my favorite films.

R4 there was a DL thread about that series at the time. James Marsden played the John Cassavetes role.

You can play ugly really well, just don't go for the pretty girl roles. No one with eyesight will believe you.

“Nuance” is a noun, Teacake. You meant “nuanced” - an adjective.

Or are the rules different in AAVE?

It's kind of a bummer when you know how it ends. It was an interesting dive into a forced pregnancy situation during these times but it was really nothing more than a wonderfully art directed snore.

R3 I didn't know I can get Paramount+ for free with Amazon Prime!

R10 You are correct my friend. I forgot the D. I come in peace 😂.

Spoiler

Question for others who watched Apartment 7A. At the end, Minnie is wearing the Hermes scarf Terry gave to Annie. Terry grabs it just before going out the window. Did I miss something, or was maybe a scene cut from the movie? Did they do in Annie as a threat to any other friends/family if Terry didn’t acquiesce?

One other note. There’s foreshadowing and there’s hitting viewers over the head with a brick. The earlier scene where Terry dropped the glass out the window might as well have included flashing lights and alarms.

I thought Julia Garner was great in this — she gives it her all. There are also some fun behind the scenes sequences in this for lovers of 1960s New York musicals.

It’s also handsomely shot.

But at the end of the day, it’s totally lacking in suspense, for reasons that are beyond obvious. It’s a tragic tale, so all we are left with are some jump scares and a feeling of dread.

And Dianne Wiest doing that Ruth Gordon impersonation — yuck. Wiest is much, much too fat to play Minnie.