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- 2023
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 52 m
- 2023
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 52 m
Summary Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley), a reporter for the Record-American newspaper, becomes the first journalist to connect the Boston Strangler murders. As the mysterious killer claims more and more victims, Loretta attempts to continue her investigation alongside colleague and confidante Jean Cole (Carrie Coon), yet the duo finds thems...
Directed By: Matt Ruskin
Written By: Matt Ruskin
- 2023
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 52 m
- 2023
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 52 m
Boston Strangler
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5.8
Summary Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley), a reporter for the Record-American newspaper, becomes the first journalist to connect the Boston Strangler murders. As the mysterious killer claims more and more victims, Loretta attempts to continue her investigation alongside colleague and confidante Jean Cole (Carrie Coon), yet the duo finds thems...
Directed By: Matt Ruskin
Written By: Matt Ruskin
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
58
57% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
40% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
58
57% Positive
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
40% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Ruskin gives a fresh bend to the story of the Boston Strangler, and indeed to the true-crime genre. There are plenty of true crime films to entertain, but few that reach alongside the likes of Richard Brooks’s In Cold Blood (1967), in Fincher’s Zodiac (2007), and in his abandoned television project, Mindhunter. Ruskin’s Boston Strangler belongs on this list.
Boston Strangler has more to say than some might think by promoting a forthright, focused, and professionally progressive approach in those central performances. Roles which are only made to look easy by Knightley and Coon, purely because they embody them so effortlessly.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 51 User Ratings
5.8
41% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
45% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
14% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 51 User Ratings
5.8
41% Positive
21 Ratings
21 Ratings
45% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
14% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
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, 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.
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A distant cousin to “Zodiac,” with splashes of “Seven” mixed into its homages, this thriller falls short of its influences yet carves out a small space of its own. It makes a searing indictment of the sloppy, sexism-laced police work that might’ve resolved the case, and pays tribute to the two women who broke the investigation wide open.
Ruskin succeeds in paying tribute to Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole's hard work, but it's less successful in filling in the larger story.
It's sturdy, dependable stuff, and it might do the trick for viewers not expecting a more traditional serial killer thriller. But if you're looking for something beyond a surface-level telling of a true story, you might just want to rewatch "Zodiac" again instead.
The movie attempts to serve multiple narrative masters, but ends up coming across as vague and indistinct.
Washed in an unappetizing sludge of grayish green, the movie aims for serious and settles on bilious. The real McLaughlin was a fascinating, pioneering newshound; you’re unlikely to find her here.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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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 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-
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The old Tony Curtis version with the splitscreens was great fun. This one tries to do the best with its female lead and Keira Knightly holds it together well. But it's a shame that there is no chemistry whatsoever between her character and Carrie Coon's character. The duo could have been the new Green Hornet and Cato.
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bad
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not good in any manner or degree.
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Production Company
20th Century Studios,
Langley Park Productions,
LuckyChap Entertainment,
Scott Free Productions
Release Date Mar 17, 2023
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Tagline Inspired By A True Story
Awards
Online Film & Television Association
• 4 Nominations
American Society of Cinematographers, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Primetime Emmy Awards
• 1 Nomination
