It's 1962 Boston. Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) is a junior reporter stuck in the Lifestyle section with all the other girls. Jean Cole (Carrie Coon) is the only woman doing any hard investigative news. Their boss Jack Maclaine (Chris Cooper) keeps rejecting Loretta's story ideas until she notices some similarities between three murders. She is the first to write about the Boston Strangler while struggling to maintain her home life. Detective Conley (Alessandro Nivola) investigates the frustrating case.
It's a standard investigative reporter movie. It doesn't go overboard with the drama and flash. The mute color tones infiltrate the story. Keira Knightley is doing the work and there are some great actors here. There are no car chases. It's a lot of reading through boxes of files. This is not trying to make this into an action thriller. I would like these smart people to consider the final conclusion earlier. In that sense, the title should be changed.
It's a standard investigative reporter movie. It doesn't go overboard with the drama and flash. The mute color tones infiltrate the story. Keira Knightley is doing the work and there are some great actors here. There are no car chases. It's a lot of reading through boxes of files. This is not trying to make this into an action thriller. I would like these smart people to consider the final conclusion earlier. In that sense, the title should be changed.