Movie Information
Overall Rank: 13586
Average Rating: 2.8/4
# of Ratings: 3
Theatrical Release Date: 10/18/2024
Language: English
Genre: Crime, Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Anna Kendrick
Actors: Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Tony Hale, Nicolette Robinson, Pete Holmes, Autumn Best
Plot: Set in the 1970s, a struggling actress named Cheryl Bradshaw (Anna
Kendrick) accepts an offer to be on the popular tv show called 'THE DATING
GAME'. But one of the three men competing for her affection on the program
is actually a serial killer. Based off a true story.
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3/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 11/03/2024
There's a stark relevance running trough this semi-fictionalized but often tense true crime flick. A solid directorial debut for Anna Kendrick.
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3/4
Creepy and sometimes funny true-crime thriller
Indyfreak - wrote on 11/03/2024
An impressive debut for Anna Kendrick in the director's chair. This stylish crime-thriller evokes the campiness and sleaziness of '70s game shows pretty well. Shaking things up is the absolutely horrifying notion that a given contestant could actually be a serial killer as was the case with actual murderer Rodney Alcala.
Daniel Zovatto plays Alcala extremely well. He's unsettling and offputting. But yet there is an audacity to his demeanor that remains compelling if not charismatic in some scenes. Anna Kendrick is as endearing as ever as Cheryl Bradshaw, another participant on the same tv show that Alcala went on during his brutal crime spree.
The tone is dark and moody but it still allows for some rare moments of levity to ease tension. It is not the next 'Zodiac' but still quite …
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