Boston Strangler
Warner Bros. | Release Date (Streaming): March 17, 2023
5.7
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FaxthtaxMar 19, 2023
Felt like a simplified and stripped version of Zodiac from 2007 which was a masterpiece of film making. It follows the same vein. Even the principle photography copies it down. If you seen Zodiac stop me if it feels familiar.. -We areFelt like a simplified and stripped version of Zodiac from 2007 which was a masterpiece of film making. It follows the same vein. Even the principle photography copies it down. If you seen Zodiac stop me if it feels familiar.. -We are following the eyes of a newspaper and two reporters working the case.
-One of the reporters is working in a different department, Gets the bug for the case and wants a go at it..
- Reporter tries to question a creepy character.
- Someone calls the reporter with heavy breathing on the other end.
- The marriage of said reporter is falling apart slowly during working the case.

Keira does a decent job and there is plenty scratching the surface, but very little depth. Characters are slightly flat to be honest.
I felt very dull about it to the end.… Expand
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dharma2Mar 18, 2023
Well made crime procedural is enjoyable and pretty well acted. The biggest problem for it was that this true crime type of flicks are so common these days that this is probably the biggest reason why this flick went straight to streaming.
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HihihahahohoApr 6, 2023
Good movie. Especially cinematography, looked awesome. Operator work was amazing as well
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5
bertobellamyMar 22, 2023
'Boston Strangler' feels like the bland version of 'Zodiac.' The acting is fine —Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon are fine at playing two journalists fighting sexism and doing what the police should've done by trying to uncover a serial'Boston Strangler' feels like the bland version of 'Zodiac.' The acting is fine —Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon are fine at playing two journalists fighting sexism and doing what the police should've done by trying to uncover a serial killer— but the execution is pretty underwhelming. The film tries so hard at being 'Zodiac' —even the color grading is similar— that all its thrills feel familiar. Also, Coon's character is a little underdeveloped; she comes and goes throughout the story with no specific purpose. 'She Said' also suffered a lot from the same issues, but at least that one had one or two great scenes.… Expand
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imthenoobMar 27, 2023
It's a decently acted but very generic crime procedural. It does a solid job at retelling an interesting story, in this case, the realization that there is a serial killer in Boston, and how a pair of women ended up breaking the story.It's a decently acted but very generic crime procedural. It does a solid job at retelling an interesting story, in this case, the realization that there is a serial killer in Boston, and how a pair of women ended up breaking the story. However, the real-life story just doesn't carry enough weight behind it to warrant being a feature-length film. It's a very generic, by-the-numbers movie that ultimately feels more like an imitation rather than trying to be its own thing. When you watch it, You'll soon realize that it just trying to copy what made other films (such as Zodiac) so great.… Expand
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BrianMcCriticApr 10, 2023
Boston Strangler is well made film with an average script. The problem with this film is you have a great cast that deserves a better story and when you have similar films about investigative journalism like Zodiac, Spotlight, and even lastBoston Strangler is well made film with an average script. The problem with this film is you have a great cast that deserves a better story and when you have similar films about investigative journalism like Zodiac, Spotlight, and even last years She Said which are incredibly engrossing stories, this just seems like a what might have been. Overall this is not a bad film and the cast does the best they can with a mediocre script this film deserves a mild recommendation. 6/10 a B-… Expand
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JLuis_001Mar 21, 2023
I may give it a superficial reading when comparing it, but its style seemed to me a mix between Zodiac, Mindhunter and a bit of All The President's Man. In tone more than anything else. This by no way suggests that the film can stand on itsI may give it a superficial reading when comparing it, but its style seemed to me a mix between Zodiac, Mindhunter and a bit of All The President's Man. In tone more than anything else. This by no way suggests that the film can stand on its own, but even with the enormous weight the journalistic investigation plays for the plot, Boston Strangler's focus is more directed towards the work of Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole, which is certainly something entirely commendable, but between what it wants to highlight of their work and what it wants to evoke of suspense to heighten the tension, its director doesn't get the balance right but fortunately the remarkable production and the acting work of Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon pulls the film through.

It won't get a lot of attention, but I think it deserves it if you're looking for something to keep you entertained for a while, even if you may well forget it as soon as you finish it.… Expand
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5
Mauro_LanariMar 18, 2023
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Produced by Sott Free, Ridley delegates to Ruskin that part of his own poetics that has greatly anticipated the #metoo movement and the contemporary hype for feminicides, toxic masculinity, women heroines. In a livid(Mauro Lanari)
Produced by Sott Free, Ridley delegates to Ruskin that part of his own poetics that has greatly anticipated the #metoo movement and the contemporary hype for feminicides, toxic masculinity, women heroines. In a livid photograph, the flm starts from "Zodiac" (Fincher 2007) and from the elusive truth to slowly slips into the buddy movie of "Thelma & Louise" (1991) at the expense of emotional impact and a gripping tension.… Expand
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geewahMay 26, 2023
A dull, procedural crime drama that lacks any sense of fear or forboding for what is one of the most famous and horrifying crimes in U.S. history.
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MetacriticOnurApr 23, 2023
bad
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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
not good in any manner or degree.
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royalguy07Mar 27, 2023
Extremely standard reporter drama, the performances are solid and the material is good. But it is lacking any sense of danger or malice. It even tries to replicate the Zodiac basement scene but to significantly shallower results.
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jonesy10May 22, 2023
When I first heard about this film coming out and it's subject matter being about the infamous Boston Strangler investigations I was very interested. Then I found out who was the lead actor and it's Kiera Knightley, and my hopes slowlyWhen I first heard about this film coming out and it's subject matter being about the infamous Boston Strangler investigations I was very interested. Then I found out who was the lead actor and it's Kiera Knightley, and my hopes slowly flushed away.
I still gave it a watch as I am a fan of true crime content in many forms. But this was being released on HULU and not in the cinema which is always a bad sign the studio have no faith in it. They were right, and my assumptions about the film were also right - it's yet another bland meandering boring plod through nearly two hours of not much tension when there should be, and following the two crusading female news journalists played decently enough to be fair by Carrie Coon and Knightley. Whereas Coon brings a weary heft to her side character role, it's Knightley that gets the lion share of the screen and the film suffers for it. Not once did I believe this character played by Knightley would be behaving and acting so recklessly in her dogged pursuit of the Strangler. I wouldn't say she's a bad actress of the past, but the range for me seems to be the same whatever she's cast in. And now in these modern times we get to hear Knightley character come across all preachy and very girl bossy with her male colleagues, male bosses and her husband accusing them of generally being women haters for one of a better couple of words, standing in the way of female progress and preferring her to stay at home with the kids etc. It's this type of pointless social commentary that Hollywood scriptwriters currently don't get and think the audience wants to be lectured to for two hours. We just want entertainment and this film isn't it. In no way should this film be placed beside the superior "The Boston Strangler" from 1968 with the legendary Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda. In fact we just didn't need a new film about this already well informed story from American crime history, especially with the modern classic "Zodiac" from 2007 that did all this 100 times better. Pointless and Preachy.… Expand
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alanpotter17Mar 22, 2023
Ainda que o filme pese a mão em certos momentos ao mostrar o machismo sofrido pelas repórteres (não que elas não tenham sofrido, e sim que o filme subiu um pouco o tom), todo o resto, tirando a fotografia insossa, funciona muito bem, daAinda que o filme pese a mão em certos momentos ao mostrar o machismo sofrido pelas repórteres (não que elas não tenham sofrido, e sim que o filme subiu um pouco o tom), todo o resto, tirando a fotografia insossa, funciona muito bem, da trilha às interpretações, e choca bastante o fato de ser baseado em fatos reais.
Trata-se de um filme de jornalismo investigativo, e se pararmos para pensar, as matérias que saem nos jornais ganham vidas próprias, o que é típico de uma discussão da comunicação social em que Baudrillard já chamava nossa atenção para o fato. As imagens, uma vez soltas do seu emissor, podem afetar de forma diversas os demais receptores, especialmente considerando os meios de comunicação de massa.
Assim, ao acompanhar e tentar desvendar os vários crimes de feminicídio que aparecem em Boston, ao detalhar os fatos no jornal, as jornalistas criam uma narrativa adequada para que outros homens tomem aqueles detalhes e, pasmem, reproduzam os crimes. Isso é muito mais chocante do que os detalhes em si, pois trata-se de perceber que nenhuma peça jornalística será neutra, ainda que assim o queira. O filme, então, dá um aula não só sobre o jornalismo enquanto prática de ofício, mas o quanto seu resultado afeta os consumidores do trabalho, o quanto a relação não é e nunca foi unilateral. Ao ir atrás dos culpados, descobre-se que eles próprios podem criar enredos, como nos caras que armaram para lucrar e escrever um livro sobre o caso, com direito a contratações de advogados e confissões falsas. É de se arrepiar perceber que a verdade é uma questão de ponto de vista e do uso que faz com ela, não sendo puramente estática. isso confirma o que se fala sobre a comunicação pós-moderna e a forma como lidamos com os meios. Um grande filme que precisaria de um olhar um pouco mais apurado para sentir o deleite de suas consequências sociais graves.… Expand
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