Hot on the road: (From left) Actors who play Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Dean Baquet and Rebecca Corbett work on an investigation in ‘She Said’. Photo: JoJo Whilden/Universal Pictures
Ssaid is an important film because of its disturbing content, which shows the bullying and criminality of the convicted sexual predator, the seemingly omnipotent Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. It is also a warning to men who are prone to criminal sexual behavior.
It does a good job of showing the difficult track that investigative journalists and their sources must take to tell the stories they tell, stories that can lead to important policy changes and social movements, such as #MeToo.
biographical drama, He said it contains no typical Hollywood obsessions – no car chases, no gratuitous sex scenes and no blood-splitting aorta. However, good and solid acting by Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan in their portrayal of The New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor and their efforts to expose Weinstein takes center stage.
The film, based on the duo’s bestseller of the same name, emphasizes the period of good investigative reporting – in this case described without words by Twohey’s pregnancy, the birth of the baby, the battle with postpartum depression and the first part of the child’s life, during the investigation. published.
Director Maria Schrader adeptly captures the emotional conflict experienced by reluctant and often fearful sources, some of whom have families who do not understand the trauma their wives/mothers/sisters/daughters suffered at the hands of Weinstein and the extraordinary efforts by him. companies to cover up their behavior.
On a superficial level, the discreet backpacks and shoes that Mulligan and Kazan wear throughout, even when meeting A-lister Gwyneth Paltrow, will shock journalists, while the measured and intelligent comments of Weinstein’s victims will be applicable to women who have suffered sexual harassment or assault at the hands of a powerful attacker.
Importantly, Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz succeeded in portraying Weinstein’s victims as not only some of Hollywood’s elite actresses, but also at the beginning of their careers in non-acting roles, such as assistants, and how Weinstein’s sexual aggression destroyed his career path and changed it. personal trajectory.
The film makes it clear that the victims are not mischievous, screaming feminists out to destroy a good and wealthy family man for their own agenda, which is propaganda perpetrated by Weinstein, his PR team and his supporters. It also makes clear investigative reporting requires strong emotional, intellectual and financial support from editors determined to protect journalists so important stories reach readers. — From Erasmus
He play the press, the police and everyone in between. For decades, he has created a system that he likes with luxury and glamour. The system allows them to violate and harm women. not, He said not a movie about Donald Trump, but about Harvey Weinstein’s massage, erectile dysfunction and the degradation of women.
It’s about taking down the system that allows the abuse of those who have no voice, that rewards the perpetrators and blackballs the victims. Whether you are a man or a woman, you know how this system operates quietly and insidiously – and no one will talk about it. This is the story of what happened in the search by two female journalists at The New York Times to uncover this truth.
One way I can explain this movie is to ask you to imagine sitting in a rocking chair as the sun dips behind the clouds; there was nothing to do and nothing to do but the cold wind moving the trees. You see a bright red thread on his left arm. You take the thread and pull it. Not moving. Now it’s getting annoying. You tug again. And bit by bit, it unravels until all the jersey piles of wool on the floor. That’s how you get lost in this movie. The reporter who tracks down the woman who was violated by Weinstein starts tugging and, at first, there is no movement, but the story is woven so strongly that you become a character.
Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) is a multi-award winning investigative reporter for The New York Times and a best-selling author focusing on women’s and children’s care. Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author. In 2019, the two published best-selling books She Says: Breaking the Story of Sexual Harassment That Helped Create a Movementwhich the film is based on.
The importance of the film is not only in the writing but also the energy between the journalists and the emotions that lead them to find the truth even though men always get away with terrible crimes. It gives life to women who speak out and who are afraid not to speak.
You can see how the mother never told a soul, including her husband, about the day Weinstein raped her and the settlement after. You could see the deep embarrassment on the face of one of the people involved in the settlement. The look of shock on his wife’s face, surrendering to the evil that was presented to choke the life of a young, bright, and talented woman. This film takes you on a journey to imagine the joy and tears of a journalist telling the story that led to the “Time’s Up” movement.
Despite the searing reality of the exposé, and the depth of Hollywood depravity it depicts, the film failed at the box office. It’s ironic, considering it started the movement. — Dear Saba