From the opening scene and throughout the entire film there is a noticeable green hue that encompasses this film noir based on the 1960's historic sexual assaults and murder spree of thirteen (13) women in the greater Boston area.
Through sheer persistence a female newspaper reporter named Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) is eventually granted the privilege of rolling up her sleeves and winning over an all-male dominated Boston newspaper publisher as well as most of the Boston police homicide division to break the story that there is a serial murderer preying on women in the greater Boston area.
Loretta is told she has to work in unison with the only other female crime reporter named Carrie Coon (Jean Cole) and at first begrudgingly she agrees to share the story with Carrie. Very quickly Loretta realizes Carrie is an experienced and seasoned crime reporter that she can learn from so the two ladies work hard and long hours to have their stories printed on the newspapers front page as feature stories.
What I appreciated from this version of the Boston Strangler was the films music score was subtle and only background sound and not overbearing as many crime/thrillers tend to do to camouflage for a lousy story line.
This version of the Boston Strangler is captivating and superbly acted. I give the film a highly touted 9 out of 10 IMDb rating.
Through sheer persistence a female newspaper reporter named Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) is eventually granted the privilege of rolling up her sleeves and winning over an all-male dominated Boston newspaper publisher as well as most of the Boston police homicide division to break the story that there is a serial murderer preying on women in the greater Boston area.
Loretta is told she has to work in unison with the only other female crime reporter named Carrie Coon (Jean Cole) and at first begrudgingly she agrees to share the story with Carrie. Very quickly Loretta realizes Carrie is an experienced and seasoned crime reporter that she can learn from so the two ladies work hard and long hours to have their stories printed on the newspapers front page as feature stories.
What I appreciated from this version of the Boston Strangler was the films music score was subtle and only background sound and not overbearing as many crime/thrillers tend to do to camouflage for a lousy story line.
This version of the Boston Strangler is captivating and superbly acted. I give the film a highly touted 9 out of 10 IMDb rating.
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