Movie Review: She Said

An expert gamesman come awards season, the Hollywood megaproducer Harvey Weinstein no doubt could have mounted a winning Oscar campaign for this investigative drama – that is, if he weren’t currently rotting in jail for the crimes depicted here. The pipeline from real life to fictionalized entertainment doesn’t usually happen this fast.

, the basis of this fictionalized retelling. Adapted by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and directed by Maria Schrader ,skillfully compacts the tick-tock of their months-long reporting: the phone calls and records research and doors shut in their faces until finally they begin building the case, accumulating evidence, and convincing victims to go on the record. It’s the “shoe leather” stuff, and the really great journalism films aren’t afraid to juice suspense and killer speeches from it.

The performances are rock-solid. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan capably carry the film and gleam when they get to do more than just carry the plot forward. Playing the duo’s editor Rebecca Corbett andExecutive Editor Dean Baquet, Patricia Clarkson and Andre Braugher radiate efficiency and professionalism.

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