The Frictionless Triumphs of “She Said”

on his sexual misconduct and the network’s subsequent settlements. In the wake of this journalistic coup—serious investigative work, plus pop-culture impact—the masthead directs reporters to see what other professional arenas might provide stories of comparable misdeeds. Kantor gets a tip about Weinstein, and her editors give the go-ahead. It’s not that the movie makes her job look easy: the challenges of working motherhood, in particular, are continually emphasized .

Still, the blinding incandescence of celebrity proves impossible to ignore. The emotional climax of the movie is the moment in which the actress Ashley Judd—played by Ashley Judd—finally agrees to go on the record. As a deadline approaches, and Kantor and Twohey scramble to get more sources to talk, we cut to a ponytailed figure in fitness gear running through yellow California hills. Back at thebuilding, Kantor looks at her phone. “It’s Ashley,” she says. All go silent as she answers.

I do not discount Judd’s courage in doing what she did five years ago. But I couldn’t help noting that Kantor is somewhat less moved when, later, the former Weinstein assistant played by Ehle decides to go on the record, too, just before wheeling into the operating room for a mastectomy. It’s disconcerting to see a movie about journalism cast a gaze so reverent on a celebrity—particularly when the entanglement of journalism and Hollywood was part of this story from the beginning.

This information is duly noted, yet in no way borne out by anything we see onscreen. Likewise, Kantor’s reporting begins with a seemingly meaningful obstacle that vanishes instantly. “I don’t feel that inclined to talk to you,” McGowan tells her, in their first conversation. She thinks the has ignored and belittled her attempts to speak out in the past. “I’m sorry that was your experience,” Kantor responds, in the even tones of a customer-service rep.

mollyhfischer Hmm.

mollyhfischer I got the feeling that the Times building and publication was being shown too much as literally transparent and open. Visuals could've been used to contrast the abuse the victims suffered, instead of high minded Grey Lady taking down a predator- one they in fact helped make

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