REORIENTING THE CRIME DRAMA IN ‘I'M YOUR WOMAN'

When it’s at its best, “I’m Your Woman” feels like you’ve slipped through a trap door, revealing a hidden pathway in an old genre apparatus.

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Everything looks familiar — this is a ’70s-set crime drama with all the usual trappings of shootouts, safe houses and polyester — but you’re seeing it from a different perspective. The camera doesn’t stick with the usual characters. It has other interests.

“I’m Your Woman,” which debuts Friday in theaters and Dec. 11 on Amazon Prime Video, is directed by Julia Hart, who also wrote the script with her husband, the producer (and Oscar flub hero ) Jordan Horowitz. Rachel Brosnahan (“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) stars as Jean, the kind of woman typically relegated to bit character in more masculine dramas.