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‘Apartment 7A’ Review: The ‘Rosemary’s Baby’ Prequel Is Entertaining, if Often Self-Defeating
The Paramount+ streaming entry 'Apartment 7A' plays in a familiar sandbox, but tires to pave its own path on occasion.
Natalie Erika James ‘ “ Apartment 7A ” is at once a prequel to “Rosemary’s Baby” — the book by Ira Levin and the film by Roman Polanski — and the latest entry in Hollywood’s new wave of pregnancy horror, born in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s 2022 repealing. However, this new, fleshed-out version of Terry combines their stories, framing her as an up-and-comer whose pregnancy puts her Broadway spotlight at risk, but someone tempted with the promises of fame and fortune — a literal deal with the Devil — should she carry her child to term. While McNally plays Roman with the same straightforward, personable demeanor as the original’s Sidney Blackmer, Wiest swings for the fences with a cartoonish shrillness that’s initially grating but is also befitting of a nosey neighbor.
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