To Catch a Killer (2023)

	Directed by: Damián Szifron	COUNTRY United States GENRE Crime thriller NORWEGIAN TITLE To Catch a Killer RUNNING TIME 119 minutes
	Produced by: Aaron Ryder Stuart Manashil Damián Szifron Shailene Woodley
	Written by: Damián Szifron Jonathan Wakeham

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Eleanor Falco	Shailene Woodley
Geoffrey Lammark	Ben Mendelsohn
Jack Mackenzie	Jovan Adeopo	-
Dean Possey	Ralph Ineson	-
Mrs. Possey	Rosemary Dunsmore	-

Review

Filmmaker Damián Szifron (Relatos salvajes) deserves kudos for trying to find a new angle on a worn recipe, but he still largely fails in his efforts with this ultimately unremarkable and flat investigative thriller. Shailene Woodley is believable regarding the backstory of her character, but she's no Clarice Starling, and the relation between her and Ben Mendelsohn as the FBI Special Agent who takes her under his wing feels forced and badly motivated. It works more like a gimmick to move the story forward to the finale everything has been building up to, but which ultimately becomes more of an anticlimax than a real climax, despite the interesting casting choice of Ralph Ineson as Dean Possey.