Woman of the Hour - Reviews

Anna Kendrick's directorial debut dissects the social circumstances behind The Dating Game serial killer.

...a consistently chilling story, made all the more terrifying because we know it’s true.

It still haunts me.

...Self-Assured and Familiar Serial Killer Drama

...compelling the longer it sits with you — less engrossing than a schlocky genre film, and perhaps slightly more anticlimactic as a result, but you never doubt its intelligence.

Kendrick's directorial debut shows great potential in her ability to blend moods, her sense of pacing to build suspense, and her visual eye for what to put in frame--and what to leave out.

Snappily edited, it zips along a brisk 94 mins. It doesn't need any longer to make its points, and leave a lasting impact.

The Alcala case and its gross mishandling acts as a sadly timeless example of what happens when only certain alarm bells are listened to and only certain people ringing them are believed.

Jeg afskyr normalt true crime, fordi private traumer gøres til underholdning, men 'Woman of the Hour' har nærmest karakter af public service ud over, at det er en velsmurt thriller.

Den kan säkert uppfattas som överdriven av de som inte själva upplevt någonting liknande. Men vänta till eftertexterna för lite extra kontext.

...proffsigt regisserad och fotograferad, välspelad och har en tajt klippning som håller intresset uppe.

En pärla för true crime-entusiaster.