Woman of the Hour

"The perfect bachelor."

2024 1h 35m EN

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6.4

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91%

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METACRITIC

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6.6

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 1,115🍅91%Rotten Tomatoes●74Metacritic★6.6IMDB · 70,688

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Synopsis

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An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."

“The perfect bachelor.”

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Cast

Anna Kendrick
Sheryl Bradshaw
Daniel Zovatto
Rodney Alcala
Nicolette Robinson
Laura
Jedidiah Goodacre
Bachelor #2
Autumn Best
Amy
Pete Holmes
Terry
Kelley Jakle
Sarah
Kathryn Gallagher
Charlie

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Anna Kendrick
Writers: Ian McDonald
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Anna Kendrick, shot by Zach Kuperstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Mike Tuccillo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Andy Canny shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Anna Kendrick and Daniel Zovatto and Nicolette Robinson carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The perfect bachelor.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7737800 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Anna Kendrick directs. Zach Kuperstein behind the camera. Mike Tuccillo scores. Andy Canny cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Shot for just $0.8M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
2Released 2 years ago.
3Directed by Anna Kendrick, shot by Zach Kuperstein. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Mike Tuccillo. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Andy Canny shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Anna Kendrick and Daniel Zovatto and Nicolette Robinson carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The perfect bachelor.".
8IMDB entry: tt7737800 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 20 themes, including "new york city", "california", "wyoming, usa", "rape".
10Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Zach Kuperstein
Original score: Mike Tuccillo
Editing: Andy Canny
Production design: Brent Thomas
Costume design: Sekyiwa Wi-Afedzi
Makeup / hair: Noa Bolozky
VFX supervisor: Adam Estey
Sound: Tony Solis
Stunt coordinator: Tim Soergel
Runtime: 95 min · 1h 35m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $836,057
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Woman of the Hour (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes: 91% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 74/100
IMDB rating: 6.6/10 · 70,688 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

8 wins & 10 nominations total

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moviepoptime2024-10-30
Woman of the Hour is a crime thriller genre movie released in 2023, which meteoric rising American actress Anna Kendrick as a film director. True to the fiction of the movie, it was based on the horrifying story of Rodney Alcala, a serial killer to boot who guested in a 1970s show called The Dating Game. The story revolves around Sheryl Bradshaw in her dream to be an actress portrayed by Kendrick just to take Alcala out and eventually be killed by him. The aspects of the film are related to the themes of misogyny and violence and how women deal with strange men. It captures a form of Alcala’s persona and dolled-out charm graphically presents the interactions he has with his victims, and highlights the various institutional deficiencies that enabled him to continue perpetrating his heinous acts despite complaints lodged against him. When I looked back at my own life, I could connect to the vulnerability, but also the suspense in some scenes in the movie that might appear completely ordinary from the outside. It is most useful as a caution against the evils of talking to strangers since such incidents are still possible in today’s society. It is for these reasons and supported by a good plot and good acting, the film is not only entertaining but is a social relevance message too. If you liked my experience, then check out the <a href="https://moviepoptime.com/period-drama/woman-of-the-hour/" target="_blank">Latest Movie Reviews</a>.
Narate2024-11-10
★ 7/10
"I feel looked at." This is a pretty solid directorial debut. The topic is heavy and very sad but a reality for many. I would say that I was surprised at how this story was told, but it does pack a punch even during slower moments where you don't expect it to. I recommend people read up on the real story to see how truly awful this person was.
signsoflife2025-12-27
★ 8/10
Tough but commendable choice for a directorial debut, to make a story out of something as complex, layered and non linear as true crime and gendered violence. And to do it so demurely—goes to show that a good film doesn't need to explicitly perpetuate exploitation in order for it to be present and sensed. What else to say but that I liked it... Woman of the Hour didn't strike me as yet another true crime adaptation seeking to conflate performative justice and mass entertainment, to me, this couldn't more clearly –neither on the nose, nor subtle enough to miss– be a critique of what continues to happen, of how class and gendered culture systemically uphold, enable and embed men in the social, figurative and literal deathly supression of women and children. An estimate as high as 130 isn't an extraordinary number, just a murder record, an statistic, it's weaponized, judicial negligence that to this day haunts us, because simply put: those whose jobs is to count our bodies, are the ones leaving us for dead. Not much has changed, that much is a universal truth; I guess, now, we just get people like Anna Kendrick and Ian McDonald to critique all of this in cleverly put stories shot in cool and warm dual tones.