Unfortunately her changing what actually happened on that Dating game episode was complete nonsense, and lame. Instead Kendrick wrote a script that was complete fiction, making it look like that is what Kendrick wished would have happened between the questions and answers between Cheryl not Sheryl Bradshaw's questions and answers of Alcala and the other two bachelors. Sticking to the truth of what actually happened would have been way better. Instead she used fantasy, and that was a total let down.
The numerous going back and forth in time was confusing and seemed to serve little purpose. I think the choice of actor for the main villain was not too good: he was meant to be "charming", but to me just a look at him would lead you to feel there was something not right about him. Some of the women also seemed too gullible. I know they were meant to be in the fringe of society, but would anyone be attracted to someone who stole from vending machines, slept in on a bench or the laundry floor eating candies taken from a charity jar? I am not familiar with the real story, but my guess is that while his appearance on a TV show did take place, it was nothing like what was in the movie.
Amy is my hero. The sheer amount of self control to NOT panick when she woke up stunned me. I couldn’t get my eyes off the screen, my heart was beating, I exhaled so sharply when I saw she’d left the car.
I like how the last victim demonstrates a level of intelligence by appealing to the killer's emotions and minimizing the situation, she manages to save her own life.
Only a woman could direct a film about Alcala conveying this much empathy for the victims, while also perfectly capturing the very private, personal terror felt in the final moments of their lives. Anna Kendrick has brought this story brilliantly to the screen. Kudos to the male screenwriter, but it is the slowly magnifying tension and palpable dread that comes with the contestant's growing awareness of what is really beneath the surface of “attractive, intelligent” Rodney that makes this movie unforgettable. Nothing short of genius; HIGHLY recommend ✔️✔️✔️
Yeah, I feel if a man directed this they would have focused more on the killer being all "woah is me, I just need a hug". With a woman in control, Ana didn't let that happen.
In the real life story she never went on the date, he won the date with her but she was creeped out by him backstage and didnt go through with the date and thats what saved her.
I think they had to add that into the movie to justify making her the star of the movie. If her only encounter was on the dating show, there's not enough there to make a movie that focuses on her. Personally, I think the movie should've focused on the teenage girl who got away. She had a real story to tell. The dating show girl didn't have enough of a story, so they had to add stuff that didn't happen.
I just finished watching this movie. I was holding my breath THE ENTIRE TIME! I watched an abc 20/20 special prior to leading up to the release. Anna Kendrick did absolutely amazing on this movie, it’s gonna take me A WHILE to be able to watch this again. But I loved seeing the women and the backstory of the victims and how horrifying Rodney was.
Well done to Anna Kendrick for this amazing directing! That movie kept me locked onto my seat and really freaked me out by the scenes of what the victims endured. The scene when one of the victim is being asked by Alcala to look at the sky while taking her picture... and then it all got quiet... just so creepy... you could feel the tension. She should really direct more, she s got talent.
I swear, sometimes you do a better job at promoting shows and films on Netflix than Netflix itself. This isn't the first film I'm checking out because of your reviews, just wanted to say I appreciate your vids. 😊
The male co-worker scene... where Alcala just stares at him like he is staring at prey and then invites him out. The co-worker was young and innocent so I suppose that was what Alcala liked. If you ever heard of Gavin De Becker interviewed about his book: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that protect us from Violence, I believe he was the one that warned to never be taken to a second location. And that's all i could think of when these women were lured to a secluded place.
The giving of phone number has happened to me. There was this guy who was not a creep but was very annoying and kept asking for my number, I gave him a number and then he asked me again just to make sure. I repeated the number. It was an old number of mine 🤷🏻♀️ After watching this movie, we all learn to have a backup number just in case a psycho would ask us twice lol or TO BE SAFE, never give your personal information (including your phone numbers) to people you truly dont know.
It really could've been a miniseries like Dahmer. Alcala had so many victims that weren't even mentioned. The 8-year-old girl has to be one of the saddest, but he had A LOT of victims. It's crazy to me how some serial killers like Dahmer get all the attention and others are practically ignored. I just recently learned about Rodney Alcala in the last couple of years. The man was an absolute monster.
I just watched this film I know the story so I was very excited to watch it, well done I enjoyed it a lot, what a brave young girl and clever reverse psychology she used on him
I loved how she added no backstory for him or anything. No orgin story. Nothing to make us feel bad for him. While I loved the Monster shows by Ryan Murphy I feel like he tried too hard to make us feel bad for the serial killers the last 2 seasons. This movie is just about what he did and the fact that he was even able to go on a dating show after committing these gruesome murders. Literally how every docu series should be when talking about a serial killer. Really well done Anna. Congrats and well done on your directorial debut.👏👏
The fact she walked in that parking lot in the dark was the scary part of this whole movie. She parked soooo far thank goodness those people came out because he would have strangled her in three parking lot
It was a good debut. Choice of the subject, scenery, cinematography and without a brag to exaggerate the importance of the gender of director. Subtle and smart delivery.
Wow, this is an excellent directorial debut. Thanks Kendrick for bringing a fresh perspective to this horrific tale. Any post that struggles with Anna’s take on this film is evidence that the author has an ‘agenda’. Can’t wait for more from this director!
Kendrick's directing changes the game. When true crime focuses on the gory killing of victims, while it's terrifying, it almost allows viewers to disconnect, as it is so outrageous we can't imagine ourselves in the position - likely a subconscious safety net. Kendrick's talent shines light on the universal experience of all women. that split second when the energy shifts, when alarm bells start screaming in our mind, primal instinct of danger. The wrong word that gives a man away, that certain glare where theirs eyes change, the slight touch, the pace of a man walking behind you. Our sensory systems a flooded. Quickening breath, high alert, increase pace, can I scream, can I run. Which will get me Killed, slow and quiet or fast and loud. We have all been there.
I thought the film was VERY engaging and well done - with a little feminist slant to it (highlighting how sexist the film/tv industry was and how Sheryl managed that.) But there were so many interesting things that were left out. In CA, Alcala kidnapped a little girl and nearly killed her, but a good samaritan witnessed him snatching the girl and called police. Unbelievably he slipped away after that crime and moved to NY where he started a new life of murders under the name John Berger. As far as I can tell from the various accounts, Sheryl Bradshaw simply said to the producer "I get a weird vibe off this guy. Can I decline the date?" And the answer was yes, of course. But I never saw an account where they actually went out for a drink and had the encounter depicted in the film. Still, it was effective, even if a deviation from the true story.
I love how the system toyed with Rodney & overturned his verdict & retried & resentenced him to death 3 times ,just like he did with his victims..🎉🎉💥🔥I dont know what was wrong with the 70's - 90's era & all those vile serial killers😡👿
When she walked away from him after the date, and he followed her to her car… i screamed, “why didnt you call out for help!” But then again. Its the 70’s. Women had no voice. 😀 great movie.
Pretty good review. I think you missed how the women all were leaned on to be what the man wanted them to be. Present with Sheryl the most. And how uncomfortable this is.
I don’t know why they felt the need to embellish on the the actual events. The true story of Rodney Alcala is so bonkers that there was no reason to deviate from what actually happened. He was a truly evil person that did things in real life that this film didn’t even touch on.
Movie was trash in my opinion. Good moments sure and a slow burner but it didn’t do it for me. Congrats to her directorial debut but I wouldn’t recommend it. The different time periods annoyed tf out of me. Fire review like always
That's a wild statement that because of being rejected on a dating show, is the reason he killed three more people. If the real life woman didn't reject him, then he would have killed four more people, not three.
I thought this movie was horrible and super disrespectful to the victims... to me, it read as Anna Kendrick injecting herself into the story rather than say anything meaningful.
I felt like Kendrick injected herself too much when she was questioning the guys and she was being really rude and snarky ... she clearly hated shows like The Dating Game
@@mintyglamour I agree. She was making a film about her idea of sexism, smuggled inside a true life story about a serial killer. It was a little dishonest.
No idea how this is 92% on RT. It’s a 2.5/10 for me. If you took out the entire dating show segment of the movie, then you still get the same outcome, it’s like the world’s most longest deleted scene. It’s almost like the writers saw in the history books that a killer was on a dating show and just signed on to make a movie about it without knowing it had zero relevance: no kills, no clues, no further insight, no real tension since they are safe whilst on camera in front of an audience, also it has nothing to do with how he got caught at the end. This entire movie was message over story, and the messages were few and far between. At least the direction of scenes and acting was on point.
Completely agree. When I saw that Anna Kendrick directed it, it made SO much more sense. I love Anna Kendrick, but it's like babe....this story isn't about your character This story should be about what the killer is actually doing. She said in an interview that she wanted to focus in the female experience, but her character didn't even have an experience with him like that lol She just wanted to have her girl boss moment on the dating game and tried to make the movie around that one scene. The fact that the girl in the audience who recognized him has a story that goes nowhere is criminal. She had the connection to both the killer and one of the victims - if this was gonna be a girl boss telling of this then SHE should have been the main character. Such a shame, could have been a great movie
@@Benergi yep couldn't let you sit here thinking you're alone 🤣🤣🤣 The feminist girl bossery was so confusing and the you see Directed by Anna Kendrick And I'm like "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gotcha" loll
@@TheIndianJesusOfficiali think they wanted something similar to “extremely wicked shockingly evil and vile” but this story doesnt work for that and so we got what we got
I saw this at a theater a day before it streamed and the film has some strengths, it also has some weaknesses: the film does a disservice to Sheryl Bradshaw and the two other male contestants as Bradshaw was portrayed as being rude and obnoxious on the show in the movie, but the real-life Bradshaw was pleasant and easy-going and the other two male contestants seemed like regular guys, but were portrayed as jerks. Also there was a fictional storyline about a Laura and her seeing Alcala on the show and her not being listened too, but at the same time she acted so stupid and inarticulate that she annoyed the hell out of me
Yeah, there was really no need to create characters like Laura. Alcala had so many victims that there's no need to add people that didn't exist when you could just focus on the people who did. I saw that as a waste of screen time. That screen time could've gone to one of Alcala's many other victims. I think Laura was created to push the narrative that women weren't being listened to or believed or taken seriously by police. It wasn't necessary. I wish they would just focus on the facts of the case instead of inserting their own views/opinions and blending it with true stories.
I didn’t really like the guy playing Rodney but otherwise, I thought it was an entertaining movie! 🍿 Maybe a bit “heavy handed” with the feminist angle sometimes but otherwise, not a bad film.
The ending was false. It was the murder of a 12 year old girl in 1980 that got him arrested & off the streets for good. Anna Kendrick should've done her research properly before making the film.
Her neighbor seemed like a good guy. But I think that was done intentionally to illustrate how sexist and disgusting the film/tv industry was back then. Kendrick elaborated on Bradshaw's story as a way to show how much more vulnerable women were in that time period. The cops didn't take anyone seriously, Alcala was released on bail even though he was shown to be violent toward women, TV and film producers treated women like meat to be inspected and degraded. It's a bit of a feminist story.
I mean it’s spot on. To think men were anything but absolute shit is a bit of a fantasy. Only in the last few years have they had some self reflection. Not to be great, but barely decent. Even the guys who don’t do bad things, don’t stop it either. And doing nothing is just as bad.
@@TrueCrimeDoula but the real Cheryl wasn’t in the Hollywood industry. She was just a contestant on the show. There’s no evidence she was mistreated. In fact when she got creeped out by the guy the producers said she didn’t have to go through with it. The real life footage from the show just shows a young woman having fun on tv.
@@brittneyharmon6647 what a disgusting thing to say. It was (by our standards) a less progressive time. That doesn’t mean every man living then was a sexist. How can you not understand this? In another 50 years time, our social attitudes will be abhorred as backward, and your post will be a prime example of that.
It was the 70s. So much disrespect acceptable back then. Even that neighbor was icky given the coercion. They all displayed entitlement and got their egos bruised so easily
I liked the movie. She's a really good director. The theme of women as perpetual victims is a bit overdone - to the point of emotional manipulation. Women have historically benefited from male violence and not been too squeamish to manipulate it to their whim. It's historical fact that white women instigated a good number of lynchings of black men during the Reconstruction and slavery eras. So, not as innocent as Kendrick would have us believe.
Anna really made some really great decisions with casting. If she hired a casting director, she got a great one. Wonderful directing debut! The film is so nuanced. The opening scene is equally sad and horrifying.
Good movie, but in my opinion Kendrick should have stayed behind the camera and let the true story play out. Instead she decided to insert herself and her agenda into the film and give it a 21st century feel. Making every single man look like a pig just felt gratuitous and dishonest. The scenes between the killer and his victims however were superbly done particularly the girl who outsmarted him.
Umm what’s dishonest about how men acted in the 70s? There’s still a lot of y’all who act like that now. It’s like they never evolved past the cave. Truly disgusting. Gisele Pelicot trial Diddy freak offs IN INDIA THE MEN ARE PROTESTING AND BURNING SHIT TO FIGHT MAKING RAPE ILLEGAL Men are so fuckin weird. Possessed by sex. Demons
@@_davidboxing of course not everyone was sexist. It might have been a less progressive time, but that doesn’t mean every man living then was a misogynist. That’s childish and over simplistic thinking. I asked my mum (a boomer) if men were sexist towards her in the 70s and she just looked at me with a puzzled expression. By and large, women were no more or less happy in the 70s than they are today. Social attitudes change and evolve over time. That’s normal.
I hate that Anna Kendrick got the chance to tell the story, which was limited in every critical regard. Kendrick was out of her depth with this project.
This was her directorial debut. I do feel like she should've done something else first, maybe a comedy, something closer to her wheelhouse. She should've gained more experience and worked her way up to something this important and dark.
I just watched the movie Woman of the Hour and the real dating game show and of course the movie made it some woke feminist nonsense. The real dating contestant Anna Kendrick portrayed was totally into being silly and having fun. Anyway, the young runaway girl actress Autumn Best was amazing, look forward to seeing her in more movies. There was no suspense in this movie at all. Also it’s a shame other victims weren’t shown or given more attention. He killed 12 year old and 8 year old. He attacked women with a hammer. It would’ve been a great movie had the dating show been more of a side story and his killings and life were the forefront.
But that wasn't the point. She obviously wasn't trying to make a docu-drama - she was making a dramatization out of real events. So there is the room for things to be inaccurate in order to tell a story. Many people find the most interesting stories about serial killers are the ones who got away. There are dozens of accounts of women who talked to Ted Bundy - almost got in his car, then got a very creepy feeling from him and made an excuse to decline his offer. This Bradshaw woman is an example of listening to our instincts - leaning away from being polite and leaning deeper into our intuition. That's powerful.
Wow, was this written by a 6 year old? Formulaic repetitive writing from an author who thinks that what they saw in the movie actually happened. Look into the actual facts before you make a video.
What do you mean? Aren't you American and know that of course we do? Or are you born after the 90s so you don't know that in the 70s there was much less gun violence in the US, and your average person did NOT walk around packing a pistol. He preyed on vulnerable women who were unlikely able to defend themselves. Women still don't have much defense now except for pepper spray. That's why The Power was such a significant book and show (on Amazon.)
@@TrueCrimeDoula , Ma’am you clearly missed my sarcasm. All I’m saying is that Guns should be a woman’s best friend. It’s an equalizer against violent disgusting men looking to harm women. But for some reason, women majority vote for more gun control policies that restrict their own rights to bear arms. Women need to wake up and buy more guns and get training.
She did a crappy job on this. First of all, she couldn't even get the order of the bachelor's right on the show. Alcala was bachelor number one (1) not three (3). I mean how do you screw that up? That's so simplistic. Then she made literally every guy looks like an imbecile or a creep. I know it was a 70s, and misogyny was huge bavk then, but it wasn't literally every single male on the planet. Just shows her stereotypical point of view of how she looks at men. No, this was not historically accurate AT ALL! The dialogue was completely cringey. And the God they got to play Rodney Alcala doesn't even look similar to him. You just can't pick a random guy slap a long wig on them and think that he's going to fit the role. And this was done by Netflix so there's really no excuse. They managed to get Zac Efron to look similar to Ted Bundy on his performance. Evan Peters looked damn near exactly like Jeffrey Dahmer. And the two guys that got to play the Menendez brothers and their new series look similar to the real life Brothers. I'm not saying they have to look exactly like the real life character but I mean at least try... It's almost like getting Brad Pitt to play Ronald Reagan.🙄🤦🏾♂️ There's no reason to change names because all the names of the victims are public record. The screenplay was lazy and so was the research. 4/10
What did you think of Woman Of The Hour? I feel like Anna Kendrick's directorial debut was pretty good! Let me know your thoughts in the comments
Unfortunately her changing what actually happened on that Dating game episode was complete nonsense, and lame. Instead Kendrick wrote a script that was complete fiction, making it look like that is what Kendrick wished would have happened between the questions and answers between Cheryl not Sheryl Bradshaw's questions and answers of Alcala and the other two bachelors. Sticking to the truth of what actually happened would have been way better. Instead she used fantasy, and that was a total let down.
The numerous going back and forth in time was confusing and seemed to serve little purpose. I think the choice of actor for the main villain was not too good: he was meant to be "charming", but to me just a look at him would lead you to feel there was something not right about him. Some of the women also seemed too gullible. I know they were meant to be in the fringe of society, but would anyone be attracted to someone who stole from vending machines, slept in on a bench or the laundry floor eating candies taken from a charity jar? I am not familiar with the real story, but my guess is that while his appearance on a TV show did take place, it was nothing like what was in the movie.
She did an amazing job
Amy is my hero. The sheer amount of self control to NOT panick when she woke up stunned me. I couldn’t get my eyes off the screen, my heart was beating, I exhaled so sharply when I saw she’d left the car.
Me too!
Completely agree, the movie should've focused on her instead of the dating show girl.
I am with u on this.
I like how the last victim demonstrates a level of intelligence by appealing to the killer's emotions and minimizing the situation, she manages to save her own life.
Yeah I agree!
Only a woman could direct a film about Alcala conveying this much empathy for the victims, while also perfectly capturing the very private, personal terror felt in the final moments of their lives.
Anna Kendrick has brought this story brilliantly to the screen.
Kudos to the male screenwriter, but it is the slowly magnifying tension and palpable dread that comes with the contestant's growing awareness of what is really beneath the surface of “attractive, intelligent” Rodney that makes this movie unforgettable.
Nothing short of genius; HIGHLY recommend ✔️✔️✔️
Yeah, I feel if a man directed this they would have focused more on the killer being all "woah is me, I just need a hug". With a woman in control, Ana didn't let that happen.
In the real life story she never went on the date, he won the date with her but she was creeped out by him backstage and didnt go through with the date and thats what saved her.
Thank god she saw through to his creepiness… I don’t think other girls where so lucky
Always listen to your instincts.
I think they had to add that into the movie to justify making her the star of the movie. If her only encounter was on the dating show, there's not enough there to make a movie that focuses on her. Personally, I think the movie should've focused on the teenage girl who got away. She had a real story to tell. The dating show girl didn't have enough of a story, so they had to add stuff that didn't happen.
@@pettycrimes6328I agree.
You can’t just watch the video huh? They literally say this
I just finished watching this movie. I was holding my breath THE ENTIRE TIME! I watched an abc 20/20 special prior to leading up to the release. Anna Kendrick did absolutely amazing on this movie, it’s gonna take me A WHILE to be able to watch this again. But I loved seeing the women and the backstory of the victims and how horrifying Rodney was.
Well done to Anna Kendrick for this amazing directing! That movie kept me locked onto my seat and really freaked me out by the scenes of what the victims endured.
The scene when one of the victim is being asked by Alcala to look at the sky while taking her picture... and then it all got quiet... just so creepy... you could feel the tension.
She should really direct more, she s got talent.
Relax she won’t let you sleep
With her
Yeah movie had me like that all the time
I swear, sometimes you do a better job at promoting shows and films on Netflix than Netflix itself. This isn't the first film I'm checking out because of your reviews, just wanted to say I appreciate your vids. 😊
There's been a lot recently that hasn't got the marketing it should have gotten! Glad you enjoy the videos
Her walking alone in the dark parking lot after rejecting him was very tense
Yeah it really was!
The male co-worker scene... where Alcala just stares at him like he is staring at prey and then invites him out. The co-worker was young and innocent so I suppose that was what Alcala liked. If you ever heard of Gavin De Becker interviewed about his book: The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals that protect us from Violence, I believe he was the one that warned to never be taken to a second location. And that's all i could think of when these women were lured to a secluded place.
Such a great and important book!❤
The giving of phone number has happened to me. There was this guy who was not a creep but was very annoying and kept asking for my number, I gave him a number and then he asked me again just to make sure. I repeated the number. It was an old number of mine 🤷🏻♀️ After watching this movie, we all learn to have a backup number just in case a psycho would ask us twice lol or TO BE SAFE, never give your personal information (including your phone numbers) to people you truly dont know.
I wish this movie was longer
it ended when i thought were entering to the third act
Agreed!
Agreed it was too short
It really could've been a miniseries like Dahmer. Alcala had so many victims that weren't even mentioned. The 8-year-old girl has to be one of the saddest, but he had A LOT of victims. It's crazy to me how some serial killers like Dahmer get all the attention and others are practically ignored. I just recently learned about Rodney Alcala in the last couple of years. The man was an absolute monster.
I just watched this film I know the story so I was very excited to watch it, well done I enjoyed it a lot, what a brave young girl and clever reverse psychology she used on him
I watched something about it on 48 hours and there was no mention of that whatsoever
The girl that showed up and sealed his fate was a victim of his when she was 8 years old.
I loved how she added no backstory for him or anything. No orgin story. Nothing to make us feel bad for him. While I loved the Monster shows by Ryan Murphy I feel like he tried too hard to make us feel bad for the serial killers the last 2 seasons. This movie is just about what he did and the fact that he was even able to go on a dating show after committing these gruesome murders. Literally how every docu series should be when talking about a serial killer. Really well done Anna. Congrats and well done on your directorial debut.👏👏
The fact she walked in that parking lot in the dark was the scary part of this whole movie. She parked soooo far thank goodness those people came out because he would have strangled her in three parking lot
It was a good debut. Choice of the subject, scenery, cinematography and without a brag to exaggerate the importance of the gender of director. Subtle and smart delivery.
Wow, this is an excellent directorial debut.
Thanks Kendrick for bringing a fresh perspective to this horrific tale.
Any post that struggles with Anna’s take on this film is evidence that the author has an ‘agenda’.
Can’t wait for more from this director!
Yeah she did a great job with this movie!
Kendrick's directing changes the game. When
true crime focuses on the gory killing of victims,
while it's terrifying, it almost allows viewers to
disconnect, as it is so outrageous we can't
imagine ourselves in the position - likely a
subconscious safety net. Kendrick's talent shines
light on the universal experience of all women.
that split second when the energy shifts, when
alarm bells start screaming in our mind, primal
instinct of danger. The wrong word that gives a
man away, that certain glare where theirs eyes
change, the slight touch, the pace of a man
walking behind you. Our sensory systems a
flooded. Quickening breath, high alert, increase
pace, can I scream, can I run. Which will get me
Killed, slow and quiet or fast and loud. We have
all been there.
I LOVED EVERY SECOND OF THIS FILM
It was a lot better than I thought it'd be!
@6:56 my mom’s name is Robin, and my aunt’s name is Jill… I got chills.
I thought the film was VERY engaging and well done - with a little feminist slant to it (highlighting how sexist the film/tv industry was and how Sheryl managed that.) But there were so many interesting things that were left out. In CA, Alcala kidnapped a little girl and nearly killed her, but a good samaritan witnessed him snatching the girl and called police. Unbelievably he slipped away after that crime and moved to NY where he started a new life of murders under the name John Berger. As far as I can tell from the various accounts, Sheryl Bradshaw simply said to the producer "I get a weird vibe off this guy. Can I decline the date?" And the answer was yes, of course. But I never saw an account where they actually went out for a drink and had the encounter depicted in the film. Still, it was effective, even if a deviation from the true story.
I love how the system toyed with Rodney & overturned his verdict & retried & resentenced him to death 3 times ,just like he did with his victims..🎉🎉💥🔥I dont know what was wrong with the 70's - 90's era & all those vile serial killers😡👿
When she walked away from him after the date, and he followed her to her car… i screamed, “why didnt you call out for help!” But then again. Its the 70’s. Women had no voice. 😀 great movie.
Pretty good review. I think you missed how the women all were leaned on to be what the man wanted them to be. Present with Sheryl the most. And how uncomfortable this is.
Great directorial debut 👏 Daniel is one of my favorite actors.. 🍿
It was a great debut!
Anna’s look fits well in the 70s. Also 90s to mid-2000s. She’s very attractive anyway, but her look is so fitting in those eras.
Have a hard time focusing on movie's at home. However Anna did an amazing job. Such an intense creepy movie.
Yeah she did a real good job with this one!
Excellent feedback... I enjoyed the movie and the actors were really perfect
I don’t know why they felt the need to embellish on the the actual events. The true story of Rodney Alcala is so bonkers that there was no reason to deviate from what actually happened. He was a truly evil person that did things in real life that this film didn’t even touch on.
Movie was trash in my opinion. Good moments sure and a slow burner but it didn’t do it for me. Congrats to her directorial debut but I wouldn’t recommend it. The different time periods annoyed tf out of me. Fire review like always
She survived because of good “timing”?
That's a wild statement that because of being rejected on a dating show, is the reason he killed three more people. If the real life woman didn't reject him, then he would have killed four more people, not three.
I thought this movie was horrible and super disrespectful to the victims... to me, it read as Anna Kendrick injecting herself into the story rather than say anything meaningful.
I felt like Kendrick injected herself too much when she was questioning the guys and she was being really rude and snarky ... she clearly hated shows like The Dating Game
Well, it is a story and not a segment of bits. So of course she’s going to inject a main character in there a little bit more.
Couldn't agree more. Terrible execution.
@@mintyglamour I agree. She was making a film about her idea of sexism, smuggled inside a true life story about a serial killer. It was a little dishonest.
@@thefeverdream I'm not really against that, but she is portraying a real-life person and she made that person look bad while doing it
No idea how this is 92% on RT. It’s a 2.5/10 for me. If you took out the entire dating show segment of the movie, then you still get the same outcome, it’s like the world’s most longest deleted scene. It’s almost like the writers saw in the history books that a killer was on a dating show and just signed on to make a movie about it without knowing it had zero relevance: no kills, no clues, no further insight, no real tension since they are safe whilst on camera in front of an audience, also it has nothing to do with how he got caught at the end. This entire movie was message over story, and the messages were few and far between. At least the direction of scenes and acting was on point.
Completely agree. When I saw that Anna Kendrick directed it, it made SO much more sense. I love Anna Kendrick, but it's like babe....this story isn't about your character
This story should be about what the killer is actually doing. She said in an interview that she wanted to focus in the female experience, but her character didn't even have an experience with him like that lol
She just wanted to have her girl boss moment on the dating game and tried to make the movie around that one scene.
The fact that the girl in the audience who recognized him has a story that goes nowhere is criminal. She had the connection to both the killer and one of the victims - if this was gonna be a girl boss telling of this then SHE should have been the main character.
Such a shame, could have been a great movie
@@TheIndianJesusOfficial finally someone can see what I mean!!
@@Benergi yep couldn't let you sit here thinking you're alone 🤣🤣🤣
The feminist girl bossery was so confusing and the you see
Directed by Anna Kendrick
And I'm like "ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh gotcha" loll
@@TheIndianJesusOfficiali think they wanted something similar to “extremely wicked shockingly evil and vile” but this story doesnt work for that and so we got what we got
The actor that plays the killer is A1
I saw this at a theater a day before it streamed and the film has some strengths, it also has some weaknesses: the film does a disservice to Sheryl Bradshaw and the two other male contestants as Bradshaw was portrayed as being rude and obnoxious on the show in the movie, but the real-life Bradshaw was pleasant and easy-going and the other two male contestants seemed like regular guys, but were portrayed as jerks. Also there was a fictional storyline about a Laura and her seeing Alcala on the show and her not being listened too, but at the same time she acted so stupid and inarticulate that she annoyed the hell out of me
Yeah, there was really no need to create characters like Laura. Alcala had so many victims that there's no need to add people that didn't exist when you could just focus on the people who did. I saw that as a waste of screen time. That screen time could've gone to one of Alcala's many other victims. I think Laura was created to push the narrative that women weren't being listened to or believed or taken seriously by police. It wasn't necessary. I wish they would just focus on the facts of the case instead of inserting their own views/opinions and blending it with true stories.
@@pettycrimes6328 very well-said!!!
@@pettycrimes6328 and was Laura expecting the producer of The Dating Game to arrest Alcala in the middle of the show???
The movie was excellent.
Yeah it took me by surprise!
Have you watched Strange Darling?
I didn’t really like the guy playing Rodney but otherwise, I thought it was an entertaining movie! 🍿 Maybe a bit “heavy handed” with the feminist angle sometimes but otherwise, not a bad film.
The ending was false. It was the murder of a 12 year old girl in 1980 that got him arrested & off the streets for good. Anna Kendrick should've done her research properly before making the film.
I don't think she made a mistake, she was taking dramatic license with several elements of this story. It wasn't supposed to be documentary style.
It wasn’t supposed to be completely correct. There was artistic license which I think was necessary seeing as it wasn’t a documentary
U mean the notes before the credits?
i enjoyed it too BUT why is EVERY guy in this movie irredeemable (every single one was awful for different reasons)
Her neighbor seemed like a good guy. But I think that was done intentionally to illustrate how sexist and disgusting the film/tv industry was back then. Kendrick elaborated on Bradshaw's story as a way to show how much more vulnerable women were in that time period. The cops didn't take anyone seriously, Alcala was released on bail even though he was shown to be violent toward women, TV and film producers treated women like meat to be inspected and degraded. It's a bit of a feminist story.
I mean it’s spot on. To think men were anything but absolute shit is a bit of a fantasy. Only in the last few years have they had some self reflection. Not to be great, but barely decent. Even the guys who don’t do bad things, don’t stop it either. And doing nothing is just as bad.
@@TrueCrimeDoula but the real Cheryl wasn’t in the Hollywood industry. She was just a contestant on the show. There’s no evidence she was mistreated. In fact when she got creeped out by the guy the producers said she didn’t have to go through with it.
The real life footage from the show just shows a young woman having fun on tv.
@@brittneyharmon6647 what a disgusting thing to say. It was (by our standards) a less progressive time. That doesn’t mean every man living then was a sexist. How can you not understand this?
In another 50 years time, our social attitudes will be abhorred as backward, and your post will be a prime example of that.
It was the 70s. So much disrespect acceptable back then. Even that neighbor was icky given the coercion. They all displayed entitlement and got their egos bruised so easily
I liked the movie. She's a really good director. The theme of women as perpetual victims is a bit overdone - to the point of emotional manipulation. Women have historically benefited from male violence and not been too squeamish to manipulate it to their whim. It's historical fact that white women instigated a good number of lynchings of black men during the Reconstruction and slavery eras. So, not as innocent as Kendrick would have us believe.
SHUT UP!!!!
Anna really made some really great decisions with casting. If she hired a casting director, she got a great one. Wonderful directing debut! The film is so nuanced. The opening scene is equally sad and horrifying.
Good movie, but in my opinion Kendrick should have stayed behind the camera and let the true story play out. Instead she decided to insert herself and her agenda into the film and give it a 21st century feel. Making every single man look like a pig just felt gratuitous and dishonest.
The scenes between the killer and his victims however were superbly done particularly the girl who outsmarted him.
Umm what’s dishonest about how men acted in the 70s? There’s still a lot of y’all who act like that now. It’s like they never evolved past the cave. Truly disgusting.
Gisele Pelicot trial
Diddy freak offs
IN INDIA THE MEN ARE PROTESTING AND BURNING SHIT TO FIGHT MAKING RAPE ILLEGAL
Men are so fuckin weird. Possessed by sex. Demons
?? But, didn’t they act that way in the 70s? Especially Hollywood 😂
@@_davidboxing of course not everyone was sexist. It might have been a less progressive time, but that doesn’t mean every man living then was a misogynist. That’s childish and over simplistic thinking.
I asked my mum (a boomer) if men were sexist towards her in the 70s and she just looked at me with a puzzled expression. By and large, women were no more or less happy in the 70s than they are today.
Social attitudes change and evolve over time. That’s normal.
I hate that Anna Kendrick got the chance to tell the story, which was limited in every critical regard. Kendrick was out of her depth with this project.
me too :/
This was her directorial debut. I do feel like she should've done something else first, maybe a comedy, something closer to her wheelhouse. She should've gained more experience and worked her way up to something this important and dark.
I just watched the movie Woman of the Hour and the real dating game show and of course the movie made it some woke feminist nonsense. The real dating contestant Anna Kendrick portrayed was totally into being silly and having fun. Anyway, the young runaway girl actress Autumn Best was amazing, look forward to seeing her in more movies. There was no suspense in this movie at all. Also it’s a shame other victims weren’t shown or given more attention. He killed 12 year old and 8 year old. He attacked women with a hammer. It would’ve been a great movie had the dating show been more of a side story and his killings and life were the forefront.
But that wasn't the point. She obviously wasn't trying to make a docu-drama - she was making a dramatization out of real events. So there is the room for things to be inaccurate in order to tell a story. Many people find the most interesting stories about serial killers are the ones who got away. There are dozens of accounts of women who talked to Ted Bundy - almost got in his car, then got a very creepy feeling from him and made an excuse to decline his offer. This Bradshaw woman is an example of listening to our instincts - leaning away from being polite and leaning deeper into our intuition. That's powerful.
Over exaggerated shyte, and did she seriously put herself as lead in a film she's directing
Wow, was this written by a 6 year old? Formulaic repetitive writing from an author who thinks that what they saw in the movie actually happened.
Look into the actual facts before you make a video.
I kind of love this but wow I don’t really like Cheryl is mean to her friend the guy she sleeps with I hope he finds better
Bruh?? Do American women even have 2nd Amendment rights?
What do you mean? Aren't you American and know that of course we do? Or are you born after the 90s so you don't know that in the 70s there was much less gun violence in the US, and your average person did NOT walk around packing a pistol. He preyed on vulnerable women who were unlikely able to defend themselves. Women still don't have much defense now except for pepper spray. That's why The Power was such a significant book and show (on Amazon.)
@@TrueCrimeDoula , Ma’am you clearly missed my sarcasm. All I’m saying is that Guns should be a woman’s best friend. It’s an equalizer against violent disgusting men looking to harm women. But for some reason, women majority vote for more gun control policies that restrict their own rights to bear arms. Women need to wake up and buy more guns and get training.
She did a crappy job on this.
First of all, she couldn't even get the order of the bachelor's right on the show. Alcala was bachelor number one (1) not three (3). I mean how do you screw that up? That's so simplistic. Then she made literally every guy looks like an imbecile or a creep. I know it was a 70s, and misogyny was huge bavk then, but it wasn't literally every single male on the planet.
Just shows her stereotypical point of view of how she looks at men. No, this was not historically accurate AT ALL! The dialogue was completely cringey. And the God they got to play Rodney Alcala doesn't even look similar to him. You just can't pick a random guy slap a long wig on them and think that he's going to fit the role. And this was done by Netflix so there's really no excuse. They managed to get Zac Efron to look similar to Ted Bundy on his performance. Evan Peters looked damn near exactly like Jeffrey Dahmer. And the two guys that got to play the Menendez brothers and their new series look similar to the real life Brothers. I'm not saying they have to look exactly like the real life character but I mean at least try...
It's almost like getting Brad Pitt to play Ronald Reagan.🙄🤦🏾♂️
There's no reason to change names because all the names of the victims are public record. The screenplay was lazy and so was the research. 4/10
Likely changed for dramatic/cinematic effect. The rule of thirds is valuable in storytelling.