Anna Kendrick's directorial debut dramatizes the story of Rodney Alcala, who appeared on 'The Dating Game' in the midst of a killing spree.
, sending a producer to introduce the movie in her stead. Still, it's material to which she's evidently dedicated: She was first attached as just the star before ultimately pitching it to direct herself when the previous director fell through.Daniel Zovatto, taking photographs of a woman he will soon assault in Wyoming. The film, with a screenplay by Ian MacCallister McDonald, then proceeds to hop around in time.
Whereas the sections involving Kendrick's Cheryl are marked by the actor-director's trademark zippy style, the sections involving Zovatto's Rodney play out with increasingly upsetting menace. He's lumbering and unrelentingly slimy, even when he's ostensibly supposed to be charming women into agreeing to follow him to remote locations.
As Cheryl's episode plays out, an audience member recognizes Rodney as the person who was last seen with her friend who was later sexually assaulted and killed, but her pleas to speak with someone in charge to warn them go unheeded. The themes of women's voices and experiences being ignored are persistent throughout the film; what's less convincing is how anyone could possibly not see right to the core of Rodney's malice.
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