History Film / TheVoyeurs

* {{Bookends}}: [[spoiler: The film begins with Pippi and Thomas moving into their new apartment and seeing Sebastian and Julia through the windows. The film ends with a different couple moving into Pippi and Thomas' former apartment and seeing Sebastian and Julia (who are now blind) through the windows.]]
* ChekhovsGun: Pippa's job, as an assistant at a laser eye surgery clinic. She uses her skills to blind Sebastian and Julia.

''The Voyeurs'' is an erotic thriller starring Creator/SydneySweeney and Creator/JusticeSmith.

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Thomas, the only Black person in the film, is the sole character to (really) die.]]

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys : It's pretty obvious that [[spoiler: Pippa's growing obsession with her with Sebastian and Julia is rooted in the fact that she was quite aroused by Sebastian's sexual adventures. Fully confirmed by the fact that when Pippa and Thomas fight , she (the same day) agrees to go out for drinks with Sebastian and lets him take nude pictures of her , very obviously predicting a sexual affair . ]]

** Julia is a former model who's quite lovely, and her having sex topless with the window uncovered is what initially gets her neighbors watching. She later also tries to seduce her husband [[LingerieScene in skimpy lingerie]], and is shown [[ToplessnessFromTheBack topless from the back]] while getting into a sauna beside Pippa.

* {{Polyamory}}: {{Discussed}} when Pippa sees Sebastian having sex with other women, her friends suggesting he's not really cheating on Julia but they have an open relationship. [[spoiler:It does seem to be the case at the end, as she's in on everything.]]

Pippa (Sweeney), a junior optometrist, and Thomas (Smith), a composer, are a young couple who have just moved into their new apartment in Montreal, Canada. On their first night in their new home, they accidentally catch their neighbors - Sebastian (Ben Hardy) and Julia (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) - in the opposite building, having sex through their windows. Before long, Pippa and Thomas become fixated on the neighbors - to the point of obsession.

* SexySpectacles: The frames Julia buys from Pippa are noted to have a HotLibrarian vibe.

* ThreewaySex: At one point, Sebastian's shown getting up from bed after having had sex with two models.

Pippa (Sweeney), a junior optometrist, and Thomas (Smith), a composer, are a young couple who have just moved into their new apartment in Montreal, Canada. On their first night in their new home, they accidentally catch their neighbors - Sebastian (Ben Hardy) and Julia (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) - in the opposite building, having sex through their windows. Before long, Pippa and Thomas become fixated on the neighbours - to the point of obsession.

* FanserviceExtra: Four different models are shown nude and or having sex with Sebastian. All of them are of course beautiful, but none get names onscreen or in most cases even lines.

* LoveForgivesAllButLust: Thomas freaks out when he sees the grisly consequences of Pippa's interference with their neighbours' personal lives and leaves her, but comes back later that night with some flowers, making it clear he's forgiven her. Then he looks out the window and sees Pippa having sex with Sebastian.

* PlotIncitingInfidelity: Pippa and Thomas were content to just get the occasional glimpse into their neighbour's apartment, seeing it as little more than victimless mischief, until Sebastian starts having sex with random women behind Julia's back.

* MrFanservice: Sebastian is a handsome man who's basically a WalkingShirtlessScene, since he spends about half the film with his short off, showing his muscles (in some cases while having sex too).

* HollywoodLaw: The film implies the agent who leased the apartment to Pippa and Thomas [[spoiler: is in on Sebastian and Julia's plans, and may have even neglected to point out the photo release form to Pippa and Thomas.]] In the real world, allowing tenants [[spoiler: to be turned into a photo exhibit without their knowledge would be a huge legal issue for both the agent (potentially leading to her losing her real estate license) and the landlord (Sebastian.)]]

* MsFanservice: Pippa is shown topless at length when Sebastian photographs her, and later while having sex with him. She is quite pretty and buxom.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: The film implies the agent who leased the apartment to Pippa and Thomas [[spoiler: is in on Sebastian and Julia's plans, and may have even neglected to point out the photo release form to Pippa and Thomas.]] In the real world, allowing tenants [[spoiler: to be turned into a photo exhibit without their knowledge would be a huge legal issue for both the agent (potentially leading to her losing her real estate license) and the landlord (Sebastian.)]]

* ADeadlyAffair:
** After Pippa befriends Julia, she takes it upon herself to warn Julia that Sebastian is cheating on her via anonymous faxes. Julia is driven into a rage and contemplates killing Sebastian in his sleep, before breaking down. [[spoiler: The next morning, Thomas and Pippa see that Julia killed herself]]. [[spoiler: Or so it seems...]]

* {{Fanservice}}: Given that the film is an erotic thriller, there's an abundance of it on both the male and female side.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Pun intended. [[spoiler: Pippa blinds Sebastian - a star photographer - and Julia by drugging them and giving them excessive laser-surgery.]]

* NotYourProblem: Once Pippa befriends Julia, she begins to empathise with her suspicions about Sebastian. Thomas repeatedly tells her not to get involved.

* ReadTheFinePrint: Thomas and Pippa failed to notice that the deed they signed was actually [[spoiler:a photo release form that allows Julia and Sebastian to use their images for their latest art project]]. This is even lampshaded in an interview by Julia and Sebastian.
* SexySpectacles: The frames Julia buys from Pippa are noted to have a HotLibrarian vibe.

''The Voyeurs'' was released on Amazon Prime in 2021.

''The Voyeurs'' is an erotic thriller starring Sydney Sweeney and Creator/JusticeSmith.

** After Pippa befriends Julia, she takes it upon herself to warn Julia that Sebastian is cheating on her via anonymous faxes. Julia is driven into a rage and contemplates killing Sebastian in his sleep, before breaking down. [[spoiler: The next morning, Thomas and Pippa see that Julia killed herself]]. [[spoiler: Or so it seemed...]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Thomas comes home, he drinks from a bottle, gags at the taste and pours the rest of it into the bird feeder on their balcony. He then looks across the street and sees [[spoiler: Pippa cheating on him with Sebastian. The next morning, Pippa comes home and finds Thomas hanging by his neck from ceiling. It's not until sometime later that Pippa spots the dead birds that have accumulated near the bird feeder and realizes Thomas didn't kill himself.]]

Pippa (Sweeney), a junior optometrist, and Thomas (Smith), a composer, are a young couple who have just moved into their new apartment in Montreal, Canada. On their first night in their new home, they accidentally catch their neighbors - Sebastian (Ben Hardy) and Julia (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) - in the opposite building having sex through their windows. Before long, Pippa and Thomas become fixated on the neighbours - to the point of obsession.

* ArtisticLicense - Law: The film implies the agent who leased the apartment to Pippa and Thomas [[spoiler: is in on Sebastian and Julia's plans, and may have even neglected to point out the photo release form to Pippa and Thomas.]] In the real world, allowing tenants [[spoiler: to be turned into a photo exhibit without their knowledge would be a huge legal issue for both the agent (potentially leading to her losing her real estate license) and the landlord (Sebastian.)]]
* TheConspiracy:[[spoiler: Sebastian's new exhibition turns out to be a series of photographs depicting Pippa and Thomas's voyeurism, with every single event in the film orchestratedby Sebastian and Julia for the exhibition. Even the lease for the apartment contained a photo release form - that neither Thomas nor Pippa bothered to read when they signed.]]

** After Pippa befirends Julia, she takes it upon herself to warn Julia that Sebastian is cheating on her via anonymous faxes. Julia is driven into a rage and contemplates killing Sebastian in his sleep, before breaking down. [[spoiler: The next morning, Thomas and Pippa see that Julia killed herself]]. [[spoiler: Or so it seemed...]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Thomas comes home, he drinks from a bottle, gags at the taste and pours the rest of it into the bird feeder on their balcony. He then looks across the street and sees [[spoiler: Pippa cheating on him with Sebastian. The next morning, Pippa comes home and finds Thomas hanging by his neck from ceiling. It's not until sometime later that Pippa spots the dead birds that have accumulated near the bird feeder and realises Thomas didn't kill himself.]]

* PlotIncitingInfidelity: Pippa and Thomas were content to just get the occasional glimpse into their neigbour's apartment, seeing it as little more than victimless mischief, until Sebastian starts having sex with random women behind Julia's back.

* TheConspiracy: It's a doozy. [[spoiler: Sebastian's surprise exhibition turns out to be a series of photographs showing Pippa and Thomas spying on him and Julia, with every single eventin the film orchestratedby Sebastian and Julia for the exhibition. Even the lease for the apartment contained a photo release form - that neither Thomas nor Pippa bothered to read when they signed.]]

Pippa (Sweeney), a junior optometrist, and Thomas (Smith), a composer, are a young couple who have just moved into their new apartment in Montreal, Canada. On their first night in their new home, they accidentally caych their neighbors in the opposite building have sex through their windows. Before long, Pippa and Thomas become fixated on the neighbours - to the point of obsession.

Pippa (Sweeney) and Thomas (Smith) are a young couple who have just moved into their swank new apartment in Montreal, Canada. Pippa is an optometrist and Thomas is a composer. On their first night in their new home, they discover that a couple in the next building have a very active sex life and no sense of privacy. The two soon become fixated on this couple, to the pont of obsession.

* BlackAndNerdy: Thomas has a very Clark Kent vibe going despte being a composer. Then again, being able to afford an apartment that nice in his mid-20s would necessitate an occupation and work ethic not often seen in buff pretty boys.
* TheConspiracy: It's a doozy. [[spoiler: Sebastian's surprise exhibition turns out to be a series of photographs showing Pippa and Thomas spying on him and Julia, with every single beat in the film playing into their hands. Even the deed to the apartment was actually a release form that neither Thomas nor Pippa bothered to read when they signed.]]

** When Pippa befirends Julia, Pippa then takes it upon herself to warn her neighbour that Sebastian is cheating on her via anonymous faxes. Julia is driven nto a murderous rage and nearly kills Sebastian in his sleep, only to break down in tears. [[spoiler: The next morning, Thomas and Pippa see that Julia killed herself]]. [[spoiler: Or so it seemed...]]

* ExactWords: Towards the end, Pippa says to Sebastian, [[spoiler:"I'm the last thing you'll ever see."]] At first it seems that she'll [[spoiler:kill him]]. But it turns out that she [[spoiler:permanently blinds him]].
* FanDisservice: Pippa's nude photoshoot is seemingly all about giving the audience a long-awaited glimpse of her boobs, but then [[spoiler: Sebastian and Julia reveal photos of her to an entire audience at an art gallery, humiliating the young woman.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Given the film's plot, there's an abundance of it on both the male and female side.
** Julia is first introduced in a thong as she's about to get some of that good stuff from Sebastian. Sebastian cheats on Julia with a bevy of models who are also shown in varous states of undress. There's a scene at a women's only spa where the clientele are in the best shape of their lives. Pippa wears some sexy lingerie to spice up her first night with Thomas, as well as having a few moments that tease at nudity but don't show anything too explicit [[spoiler: until she finally gives into Sebastian's advances, at which point her bare breasts become a plot point of their own.]]
** Sebastian is handsome and has a finely sculpted body, which he flaunts at every opportunity. Most notable is when he strips down when photographing nude models as a way to "build trust" but is clearly an excuse to speed up his seduction of them.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Thomas comes home, he drinks from a bottle, gags at the taste and gives the rest of it to the birdhouse on their balcony. He then looks across the street and sees [[spoiler: Pippa cheating on him with Sebastian. The next morning, Pippa comes home and sees Thomas hanging by his neck from a rafter. It's not until sometime later that Pippa spots the dead birds that have accumulated near the birdhouse and realises Thomas didn't kill himself.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul: [[spoiler: Julia turns out to be this. Once the plot to turn the tables on Pippa and Thomas is revealed, Julia shows up wearing the glasses Pippa prescribed her and gloats right in her face. Pippa would also connect a few dots and realise that Julia poisoned Thomas and set up his body to look like a suicide. Also note that Sebastian - who doesn't wear glasses - seems to feel at least some guilt over the scheme, while Julia basks in the fame.]]
* FriendsRentControl: A pair of early-to-mid 20-somethings who are stated to still be working off their student debts shouldn't realistically be able to rent an apartment that spacious. [[spoiler: That's because the real estate agent was in on TheConspiracy.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma:
** Pun intended. [[spoiler: Pippa gives the star photographer and his bespectacled girlfriend permanent blindness by drugging them and giving them excessive laser-surgery.]]
** While it immediately lead to some DisproportionateRetribution, it's not hard to see the irony in [[spoiler: a gigantic photo of Pippa's boobs being put on exhibit as a way of saying "How do you YOU like it?".]]
* LoveForgivesAllButLust: Thomas freaks out when he sees the grisly consequences of Pippa's interference with their neighbours' personal lives and leaves her, but comes back later that night with some flowers, making it clear he's forgiven her. Then he looks out the window and sees Sebastian's latest conquest...
* NotYourProblem: Once Pippa befriends Julia, she begins to empathise with her suspicions about Sebastian. Thomas repeatedly tells her not to get involved, but Pippa can't just do nothing while her new friend is cheated on, so she sends her anonymous messages accusing Sebastian of infidelity. Then things go from bad to worse for everyone.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler: After Sebastian and Julia become famous for ruining their voyeur's relationship and leading to one of them dying with a broken heart, Pippa eventually gets her revenge on the two of them by giving them permanent blindness.]]

* ReadTheFinePrint: Thomas and Pippa failed to notice that the deed they signed was actually [[spoiler:a release form to allow Julia and Sebastian to use their images for their latest art project]]. This was lampshaded in an interview by Julia and Sebastian.
* RewatchBonus: Thomas [[spoiler: seemingly hanged himself upon finding out that Pippa cheated on him, but the noose around his neck looks far too simplistic to be lethal. It's the first clue that his death wasn't suicide.]]

** When Pippa befirends Julia, Pippa then takes it upon herself to warn her neighbour that Sebastian is cheating on her via anonymous faxes. Julia is driven nto a murderous rage and nearly kills Sebastian in his sleep, only to break down in tears. [[spoiler: The next morning, Thomas and Pippa see that Julia killed herself]]. [[Spoiler: Or so it seemed...]]

** When Pippa befirends Julia, Pippa then takes it upon herself to warn her neighbour that Sebastian is cheating on her via anonymous faxes. Julia is driven nto a murderous rage and nearly kills Sbeastian in his sleep, only to break down in tears. [[spoiler: The next morning, Thomas and Pippa see that Julia killed herself]]. [[Spoiler: Or so it seemed...]]