Woman of the Hour is most compelling when focused around Anna Kendrick, but despite the brisk 95 minute runtime, it often cuts away from her and her storyline to follow other characters, sometimes at different points in time, creating a sense of choppiness that eventually makes the story lack cohesiveness. Her character joins a dating show that features a serial killer, while other segments show the serial killer operating throughout time. Those segments are not told chronologically, and sometimes even they get split up across multiple scenes. This prevents the movie from really having any sort of flow to it. For example, they'll suddenly jump forward in time, then back in time, then forward again to the earlier story. The worst part is that there doesn't seem to be a purpose in splicing up the story like this. Because Anna Kendrick is directing, the female perspective prevents the movie from necessarily feeling exploitative in these scenes, but they don't really seem to be building up anything in terms of themes regarding women being ignored (much better explored in Kendrick's own storyline). I think the end goal was to just showcase how creepy the killer was and how dangerous simple interactions can be for women, but this did not require the strange editing decisions. More importantly, it distracts from the dating show storyline which is the most engaging part of the movie, both in terms of delivering themes as well as just in terms of making me invested in what was happening. Unfortunately, the other scenes distract from this story. However, by the end, this dating show story doesn't actually make that much of a difference, and that's probably why she felt the need to include the rest of the scenes...it isn't a complete story on its own. I respect the noticeable changes in the way the killer and his killings are depicted due to the female perspective, and I liked seeing her tackle some of the more casual misogyny, but I think she was unable to spin it all together into a cohesive whole.