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Viewers slam Netflix’s Woman of the Hour for 'not even trying’ with one major part of true story

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Published 12:37 23 Oct 2024 GMT+1

Viewers slam Netflix’s Woman of the Hour for 'not even trying’ with one major part of true story

The film is based on the horrific true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala

Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin

Featured Image Credit: Netflix / ABC

Topics: Netflix, Film, True Crime, TV, TV and Film

Michael Slavin
Michael Slavin

Michael Slavin is LADbible's dedicated specialist Film and TV writer. Following his completion of a Masters in International Journalism at Salford University, he began working for the Warrington Guardian as a reporter. Throughout this he did freelance work about Entertainment for publications such as DiscussingFilm, where he was the Film and TV editor. Now, he is LAD's go to voice on all things Netflix, True Crime, and UK TV, as well as interviewing huge global stars such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Daisy Ridley, and Ben Stiller.

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Viewers have slammed Netflix’s newest number one film, Woman of the Hour, for ‘not even trying’ regarding one major aspect of the story.

This represents a bit of a switch up as many have been singing the praises of the film.

Top of the charts in the UK and seventh on the streamer around the world, Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, in which she also stars, has been a massive success for Netflix.

The film focuses on infamous serial killer Rodney Alcala’s appearance on the show The Dating Game.

He appeared on the show and won a date with the contestant Cheryl Bradshaw but was secretly a prolific serial killer who had previously served jail time for child molestation.

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Alcala was later sentenced to death for the murder of a 12-year-old girl, was found guilty of a further seven, and is thought to have killed over 100.

Thankfully, Bradshaw never went on a date with Alcala.

Several aspects of the film have been ripped straight from real life, earning the movie considerable praise.

One specific aspect that was noticed though is the attempts to replicate what the real-life people, and indeed the set of the show, looked like.

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A fan posted on Twitter saying: “I get it, 1970s hairstyles were horrifying, but come on.

“If you're going to make a film about something that really happened, and we actually have the tv footage of... how can you fail to get the look right?

“Did they even try?”

Some fans thought producers could have done more (X/Netflix/ABC)
Some fans thought producers could have done more (X/Netflix/ABC)

An accompanying picture compares Kendrick in the film with the real life Cheryl Bradshaw, and the difference is stark.

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A follow up series of tweets pointed to the presentation of Rodney Alcala, the presenter, and even the set, and said that they hadn’t done enough to try and replicate the real life set and people.

Regarding Alcala they said: “Fascinating topic though, about that time when serial killer Rodney Alcala was on 'The Dating Game' in '78.

“But they also didn't get that creep's hair right. The just went with generic hippie while big hair was all the rage back then.”

Rodney Alcala in Woman of the Hour vs real life (Netflix / ABC)
Rodney Alcala in Woman of the Hour vs real life (Netflix / ABC)

They finished off by saying regarding the set: “Did they even bother? I just don't get it, the original broadcast is all over YouTube, anyone can look it up, it's easy to get all the details just right... or to see that someone failed to do so.”

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One fan hit back, however, saying: “Maybe the fact that it's on YouTube actually made them decide not to copy it but on the contrary create their own, parallel universe version?

“For the sake of not reducing the discussion of their work to did or did they not get any specific detail right.”

Another simply asked: “Did you really make a thread complaining about hair?”

The original poster responded stating that they are a historian and ‘former tv/film set dresser’.

Woman of the Hour is on Netflix now.

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