She Said (2022)
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New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.
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... Megan Twohey
... Jodi Kantor
... Rebecca Corbett
... Dean Baquet
... Laura Madden
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"She Said proves that even a formulaic, overlong movie can still be incredibly compelling and emotionally impactful.
The haunting true story of Harvey Weinstein's accounts of sexual abuse is approached with heartfelt care, dedication, and respect for the victims. Everything is elevated by absolutely brilliant performances from the cast, most notably Zoe Kazan. Even without significant innovations, Maria Schrader keeps the narrative interesting with the help of Nicholas Britell's score.
It deserves to be seen by everyone."
Rating: B-
Director:
Writer:
Rebecca Lenkiewicz (Screenplay)
Megan Twohey (Original Story)
Megan Twohey (Book)
Jodi Kantor (Original Story)
Jodi Kantor (Book)
Rebecca Corbett (Original Story)
Release Date:
2022-11-17
Run Time:
129 min
MMPA Rating:
R
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She Said
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"She Said proves that even a formulaic, overlong movie can still be incredibly compelling and emotionally impactful.
The haunting true story of Harvey Weinstein's accounts of sexual abuse is approached with heartfelt care, dedication, and respect for the victims. Everything is elevated by absolutely brilliant performances from the cast, most notably Zoe Kazan. Even without significant innovations, Maria Schrader keeps the narrative interesting with the help of Nicholas Britell's score.
It deserves to be seen by everyone."
Rating: B-
Try as I did, I just couldn't really engage with this rather long, procedural and sterile depiction of two journalist's traumatic and courageous efforts that finally ended Harvey Weinstein's unfettered abuse of many of the women who worked for and with him over the lengthy span of his Hollywood dominance. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are competent, but no more, as these lead reporters facing the seemingly impossible task of navigating a toxic environment of fear, shame and non-disclosure agreements in the hope that one of his victims will go on the record. When you know what ultimately happens with a true-life scenario, it makes the telling of the story that much harder because there is no sense of jeopardy. The thing with this for me, though, was that the writing and characterisations were all just too flat. It also frequently blurs the distinctions between fact (or "information" as it is often referred to here) with unsubstantiated gossip. Now, clearly the aim of these two ladies was to substantiate those rumours, but the film doesn't really get to grips properly with that. One witness has been untraceable for many years (yet she is readily found by them living with her mother!); the others have remained tight lipped due to the NDAs but suddenly start to spill the beans. Why? What made them decide to finally bring this brute to book? The cold-calling nature of their approaches often appears cruel and ill-considered of the consequences (especially the scene with Andrew Cheung (Edward Astor Chin) obliviously mowing his lawn). None of the detail or personalities are really gone into here - the whole style is superficial and the lack of dramatisation of any of the incidents, or - indeed - of Weinstein himself, leaves us with a slightly disjointed, hollow, movie. It looks at the abhorrences of intimidation and oppression in the workplace then makes generic inferences that - and this applies to men, gay people, people of colour and not just women - rather underwhelmed me at the end. As a chronology of an investigative report it is fine. As a drama about real people facing real horrors it just lacks for depth and character.
Cast & Crew of
She Said
Cast
... Megan Twohey
... Jodi Kantor
... Rebecca Corbett
... Dean Baquet
... Laura Madden
... Zelda Perkins
... Self
... Irwin Reiter
... Lanny Davis
... Vadim Rutman
... Matt Purdy
... Ron Leiber
... Ex-Assistant in Queens
... Young Laura
... Rowena Chiu
... Lance Maerov
... David McCraw
... Irish Film Crew Woman
... Rachel Crooks
... Talia
... Violet
... Donald Trump (voice)
... Nurse in Clinic
... Emily Steel
... Michael Schmidt
... Journalist
... Journalist
... Miramax Employee
... Self (voice)
... Ultrasound Tech
... Mary
... Rose McGowan (voice)
... Government Official
... Investigator (voice)
... Lisa Bloom
... John Schmidt
... Mrs. Schmidt
... EEOC Woman (voice)
... Gwyneth Paltrow's Assistant
... Water Mill Woman
... Linda Fairstein
... Waitress
... Man 1 at Bar
... Man 2 at Bar
... Miramax Executive
... Andrew Cheung
... Laura's Doctor
... Nell
... Gracie
... Hywel
... Iris
... Young Zelda
... Young Rowena
... Club Dancer
... Pamela Lubell (voice)
... Receptionist
... Dean's Secretary (voice)
... Waitress in Hong Kong
... Cashier in Hong Kong
... Self
... Charles Harder
... David Glasser
... Harvey Weinstein (voice)
... Lawyer
... Rory Tolan
... Nurse in Wales
... Laura's Friend
... Self (voice)
Crew
... Producer
... Casting
... Editor
... Executive Producer
... Producer
... Director
... Director of Photography
... Steadicam Operator
... Screenplay
... Art Department Coordinator
... Producer
... Additional Photography
... Executive Producer
... Production Design
... Makeup Supervisor
... Costume Supervisor
... Set Decoration
... Production Sound Mixer
... Hair Department Head
... Steadicam Operator
... Scenic Artist
... Steadicam Operator
... Assistant Art Director
... VFX Production Coordinator
... Makeup Department Head
... Camera Operator
... Key Production Assistant
... Assistant Location Manager
... Script Supervisor
... Original Music Composer
... Still Photographer
... Stunts
... Costume Design
... Script Supervisor
... Music
... Makeup Department Head
... Location Scout
... Second Assistant Director
... Assistant Production Manager
... Executive Producer
... Production Supervisor
... Set Costumer
... Production Supervisor
... Script Supervisor
... Original Story
... Book
... Art Direction
... Second Assistant Director
... First Assistant Camera
... Hair Department Head
... Casting Associate
... Unit Production Manager
... Camera Loader
... Location Assistant
... Graphic Designer
... First Assistant Director
... Wardrobe Supervisor
... Stunt Double
... Construction Coordinator
... Assistant Set Decoration
... Script Supervisor
... Location Manager
... Rigging Gaffer
... Costume Coordinator
... Unit Production Manager
... Producer
... Supervising Producer
... Production Assistant
... Property Master
... Digital Imaging Technician
... Second Assistant Camera
... Hair Department Head
... Location Coordinator
... Key Grip
... Original Story
... Book
... Third Assistant Director
... Floor Runner
... Graphic Designer
... Set Dresser
... Location Manager
... Assistant Location Manager
... Location Assistant
... Makeup Artist
... Hair Assistant
... Second Second Assistant Director
... First Assistant Director
... Graphic Designer
... Special Effects
... Special Effects
... First Assistant Camera
... Camera Trainee
... Second Assistant Camera
... Extras Casting
... Extras Casting Assistant
... Assistant Costume Designer
... Costume Coordinator
... Colorist
... Location Assistant
... Assistant Location Manager
... Location Scout
... Assistant Location Manager
... Location Assistant
... Production Assistant
... Original Story
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