Woman of the Hour is a 2024 Netflix crime thriller directed by and starring Anna Kendrick as aspiring actress Sheryl who encounters serial killer Rodney Alcala when they appear together on the 1970s Dating Game show. The story alternates between the game show and flashbacks to Alcala's crimes against women. It centers recurring themes of systemic misogyny and the normalization of sexism in society and the entertainment industry as factors enabling male violence against women.
Community feedback
Was our 89% Woke rating accurate?
Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Woman of the Hour.
Woke representation / casting
Casting aligns with historical figures and 1970s setting with no forced diversity or mismatches.
20%
Woke political dialogue
Dialogue features recurring examples of casual misogyny challenged by female characters exposing male incompetence.
60%
Production
Identity-driven story themes
Core narrative centers on women's encounters with male predation and pervasive misogyny.
80%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Film critiques patriarchal entertainment industry and society for normalizing sexism and enabling violence against women.
70%
Woke character or canon changes
Fictionalized real events and characters to heighten misogyny themes and female agency.
50%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Social media backlash labels it feminist and anti-male propaganda with complaints about preachiness and historical inaccuracies.
40%
Creator track record context
Director and writer use framing around misogyny spectrum and toxic masculinity for this project.
40%
Movie · 2019
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Movie · 2021
When the aging Meyer Lansky is investigated one last time by the Feds who suspect he has stashed away millions of dollars over half a century, the retired gangster spins a…
Movie · 2024
While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two…
Movie · 2022
Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a…
Movie · 2022
After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a…
Movie · 2017
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the…
Movie · 2019
A young agent is tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and fraud in New York.
Movie · 2024
When an army commando finds out his true love is engaged against her will, he boards a New Dehli-bound train in a daring quest to derail the arranged marriage.
