The Woman in the Yard

CinemaSerf

March 29, 2025

6/10

“Ramona” (Danielle Deadwyler) is hobbling around their remote rural home with her two, bored, kids “Taylor” (Payton Jackson) and “Annie” (Estella Kahiha) when they espy a woman, clad in black, sitting on a chair on the edge of their property. “Ramona” goes out to investigate and returns somewhat spooked. She locks them all in, but the disappearance of their yapping dog “Charlie” and lots of dark shadows cast across their house as their enigmatic visitor seems to get ever closer, sees the family …

r96sk

April 4, 2025

5/10

<em>'The Woman in the Yard'</em> has a metaphor for all to see, though fails to craft anything else of note. For such a short movie (not even 90 mins), this noticeably dragged for me. It gets a little interesting towards the end, but even then doesn't make up for the meandering set-up. Danielle Deadwyler is a decent lead, I can't say this'll stay at the front of my memory when thinking of her filmography though; <em>'The Piano Lesson'</em> remains the one, so far. As usual when a film falls f…