BostonStrangler is a well-acted but ultimately mediocre true crime drama.
Boston Strangler Score Details “Boston Strangler is an intriguing and well-acted true crime drama that tries in vain to recapture the same atmospheric tone and sense of danger as crime movie classics like Se7en and Zodiac.” Pros Cons David Fincher’s fingerprints are all over Boston Strangler, the new true crime drama from writer-director Matt Ruskin.
Set in the early 1960s, Boston Strangler follows Knightley’s Loretta, a newsroom reporter who gets the chance to transition away from her paper’s Lifestyle column when she begins to report on the emergence of a serial killer in Boston. Her discovery that a string of recent murders are connected by several unnerving similarities results in Loretta becoming her paper’s lead reporter on “The Boston Strangler,” a real-life man who killed over 10 women in Boston over the course of several years.
As its plot suggests, Boston Strangler follows the same general arc as many of the detective and journalist thrillers that have come before it.
The film never makes enough time for any of its other talented supporting cast members, either. In addition to Coon, Chris Cooper, Alessandro Nivola, Morgan Spector, Bill Camp, and Rory Cochrane all show up in roles that feel disappointingly paper-thin. Despite his commanding screen presence, Spector’s performance as Loretta’s husband comes across as particularly one-note.
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