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Woman of the Hour (2023), dir. Anna Kendrick

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Woman of the Hour (2023) dir. Anna Kendrick

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The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

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The Pope's Exorcist (2023)

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Anna Kendrick and Daniel Zovatto react to the Woman of the Hour teaser.

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WOMAN OF THE HOUR | 2023 dir. Anna Kendrick

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WOMAN OF THE HOUR (2024) dir. Anna Kendrick

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Anna and Daniel Zovatto review more scenes from Woman of the Hour

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Woman of the Hour

directed by Anna Kendrick, 2023

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Woman of the Hour (Anna Kendrick, 2023).

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Woman Of The Hour: after multiple unsuccessful TV auditions, Cheryl Bradshaw takes a gig as a contestant on The Dating Game. She agrees to grab drinks with the winning bachelor & instantly regrets her choice as Rodney Alcala acts increasingly bizarre!

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Woman of the Hour (2024)

Anna Kendrick did a great job not letting the serial killer have the spot light, but instead focused on the women who are dismissed, prayed upon and put in uncomfortable situations.

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Daniel Zovatto as Rodney Alcala || Woman of the Hour (2023)

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Daniel Zovatto as Father Esquibel

The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)

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Woman of the Hour Review

Anna Kendrick makes her directorial debut with Woman of the Hour. It based on the true story of Rodney Alcala, who appeared on a dating show while also murdering women across America.

Kendrick uses the central focus of the dating show to tell the larger story at hand. It does not just focus on that one isolated incident. It uses jump cuts and transitions to reflect on the bigger picture and how these women came to meet Rodney. He often posed as a photographer and made women feel comfortable before switching to a barbaric nature.

Daniel Zovatto stars as Alacala, and he does a great job in terms of acting. The real life story makes this film very uncomfortable to watch at times. From a film perspective, despite being a bit predictable, you often feel a sense of uneasiness watching these events unfold.

For most of the film, we see Kendrick's Sheryl living an innocent life trying to catch her big break as an actress. It's not until the second half of the movie that the tension really begins to escalate.

While it isn't a perfect movie, it does spotlight this real-life serial killer, and it does so in a way that does not trivialize the events or undersell the eerieness of this story. Most stories like this add a flare for the dramatic while this one tells the story that needs to be told without adding sensationalized moments. It's a run of the mill thriller in terms of looking at it through a critical lense. However, films like this demand to be seen because they hold such power in the story of these almost forgotten victims. Movies like this remind is to take the words of people seriously when they feel uncomfortable in any situation for whatever reason. Simple scenes like Sheryl shaking her head no at the waitress when Rodney asks for another drink. They allow the actors to showcase something far greater than themselves with a story like this. People daily face these kinds of situations, and we have to be more vigilant at times because it could be the difference maker in the end.