Review | She Said movie review: Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan play reporters who take down Harvey Weinstein in riveting biographical drama
- Women fight back in She Said, a story about the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment scandal that thankfully features very little of the former Miramax boss
- Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan star as the two reporters who gathered evidence against the Hollywood titan and kick-started the #MeToo movement
4.5/5 stars
She Said shows how two reporters from The New York Times forensically gathered sexual harassment evidence against Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein, leading to a sea change in the workplace and the launch of the #MeToo movement. The film is both tense and ultimately moving.
Based on a book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, played here by Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan respectively, it begins with a wide-eyed young girl in Ireland in 1992 finding her way onto a film set, before cutting to her running down a street, crying.
Stomach-churning stories like these, illustrating the former Miramax boss’ predatory behaviour, are the film’s very building blocks.
The story proper begins in 2016, with Twohey investigating allegations of sexual misconduct against Donald Trump before he was elected US president. “Why is sexual harassment so pervasive?” ponders editor Rebecca Corbett (Patricia Clarkson).
The eager Kantor takes the lead, investigating rumours about Weinstein hinted at by actress Rose McGowan on social media. Soon she is paired with Twohey as they speak to other actresses and former assistants who were abused, either emotionally or physically, by Weinstein.
