Someone strangles several women in Boston, earning him the name of "Boston Strangler" in 2023's Boston Strangler. Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon star as the two reporters who broke this real life story of serial murders. It's a decent enough procedural with little to distinguish it other than the fact that it's never annoying. Knightley and Coon both give good performances.
Loretta (Knightley) is stuck in the lifestyles section of her paper but she really wants to report on murder. She gets her big chance when a number of women turn up dead with silk stockings tied around their throats.
She partners with the more experienced Jean (Carrie Coon) and soon she's learning the ropes, dealing with cops and coroners, landlords and relatives of victims. Sometimes Loretta feels a little too modern, as in one scene where she doesn't flinch when a landlord tells her one victim had a broomstick shoved up her vagina, and he doesn't seem surprised that she doesn't flinch.
I watched the movie because Paul Schrader recommended the movie on his Facebook but he complained about the "immaculate period cars". I'd say that problem of artificial cleanliness extends to the sets, costumes, hair, and makeup, too.
I was a little distracted by the presence of David Dastmalchian. I'm unable to see him as anyone but Polka Dot Man now.
Boston Strangler is available on Hulu in the US and on Disney+ in other countries.
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