The trailer for "The Housemaid" starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar. Directed by Paul Feig.

Deception can be its own art form on the big screen — if it is well executed. Otherwise, it can be a chore. The latter was how it felt watching "The Housemaid."

The relationship between Millie Calloway (Sydney Sweeney) and Nina Winchester (Amanda Seyfried) was built entirely on deception. The film begins with Millie sitting down for an interview with Nina to be the family's live-in housemaid. Millie presents herself as an overqualified applicant, but in reality, she's living out of her car and struggling to find work since she's out on parole from a prison sentence she was serving. She doesn't even need the glasses she wore in the interview, and she made up everything on her resumé, which is why she was shocked that she landed the job.

Meanwhile, Nina presents herself as a bubbly, put-together mother who keeps her luxurious home tidy. But when Millie shows up for her first day on the job, the house is an utter mess and Nina is completely scatter-brained.

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