Overview
A chilling exploration of deception and danger unfolds as a woman seeks love on a TV show, unaware of the deadly truth behind her charming suitor.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- discomfiting
- sardonic
- true crime night
- serious movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly praised Anna Kendrick's assured directorial debut, intelligent performance, period detail, and victim-centered handling of true-crime violence, while finding the social commentary occasionally blunt or overly illustrative.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Sheryl and other women receive narrative attention, while Rodney Alcala is deliberately denied psychological fascination.
The Dating Game setting makes sexist performance and audience spectacle central to the film's social critique.
Sheryl's television performance and Alcala's photography establish looking as both entertainment and a mechanism of predation.
The Dating Game storyline is interwoven with Alcala's predatory activities, producing sustained dramatic irony.
Films like Woman of the Hour, and why
Zodiac
shared true-crime subject matter, gendered violence, and a restrained focus on victims rather than glamorizing the perpetrator
Memories of Murder
shared serial-killer investigation, procedural tension, and bleak examination of violence beneath ordinary social settings
The Nightingale
shared feminist crime drama perspective, institutional sexism, and mounting dread around a predatory man
Richard Jewell
shared true-crime adaptation, period setting, and concern with how public spectacle shapes the treatment of violence
Movie Details
- Director
- Anna Kendrick
- Release Date
- 2024-10-03
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 (1110)
Cast
- Anna Kendrick
- Daniel Zovatto
- Nicolette Robinson
- Jedidiah Goodacre
- Autumn Best
- Pete Holmes
- Kelley Jakle
- Kathryn Gallagher
- Tony Hale
- Matt Visser
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Woman of the Hour about?
- A television dating-show contestant unknowingly selects a serial killer, turning a stranger-than-fiction crime into a tense indictment of the gaze and normalized misogyny.
- What is Woman of the Hour like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Woman of the Hour as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Woman of the Hour violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Woman of the Hour as graphic.
- What did critics think of Woman of the Hour?
- Critics broadly praised Anna Kendrick's assured directorial debut, intelligent performance, period detail, and victim-centered handling of true-crime violence, while finding the social commentary occasionally blunt or overly illustrative.
- Which films are like Woman of the Hour?
- Films with a similar feel include Zodiac, Memories of Murder, The Nightingale, and Richard Jewell.
- How long is Woman of the Hour?
- Woman of the Hour runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch Woman of the Hour?
- In United States, Woman of the Hour streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
