Review of She Said (2022) by Moviemitch96 — 18 Nov 2022

This film, based off the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times expository article and best-novel of the same name, details the journalistic process undertaken by reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Cantor in exposing powerful film producer and executive Harvey Weinstein for his decades long predatory sexual harassment and assault on hundreds of women within the film industry and kicking off the #metoo movement that saw the downfall and reckoning of various other powerful figures within the entertainment industry; a movement that made workplaces and people everywhere change the way sexual harrassment policies and behavior are viewed and handled for the better.

First off, the film does borrow heavily from themes and tropes of past similar journalism-centered films, such as 'All the President's Men' and 'Spotlight'. However, there's no denying the film's insight and candor into the heavy and troubling subject matter it depicts.

Various detailed descriptions of sexual harassment and assault/rape from victims in the film (including an appearance from actress/victim Ashley Judd herself) enhance the film's impact and story rather well.

Furthermore, Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan as Twohey and Cantor respectively give headstrong and dedicated performances here. Overall, besides Mulligan and Kazan's remarkable and committed performances, while rather formulaic and traditional in its approach, it's still accomplishes what it set out to do rather well for the most part, which is to recount the story of one of the most groundbreaking and important articles of this current century that made workplaces and people everywhere that much safer and more professional, and gave victims of harassment and abuse everywhere the much needed voice and courage that they were searching for, as well as hope that they're never alone in their experiences and struggles.