The film about how the case was discovered Weinstein -or it would be better to say the pornographic mass of abuses, sexual harassments and rapes perpetrated by the former film producer, currently in prison- has its pros and cons, and all for the immediacy, the closeness of what is narrated.
Indeed the film by the director of the miniseries unorthodox Maria Schrader is based on the book referred to by journalists The New York Times Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey released in 2019, with the same title as the film.
Many observant viewers will already know what will happen when reporters persuade one of the harassed women to give their testimony under their first and last names.
The film begins in Ireland, in 1992, where a young Laura Madden, while walking her dog, meets a vintage film crew. She quickly joins the shot, and even faster the cut goes to Laura Madden running and crying.
It won’t be the only flashback of She said, because the testimonies of other victims come and go over time. The cleanliness and respect with which the abuses are treated and exposed are to the film’s credit.
classic structure
The structure is quite similar to other films about journalists investigating high-profile cases. The most recent, On the first pageby Tom McCarthy on the investigation into Boston globe about sexual abuse by the Catholic Church in that city, or All the president’s menby Alan J. Pakula, on the work of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, which they published in their journal, the The Washington Postthe Watergate scandal that cost Richard Nixon the presidency.
Good, She said It begins with Megan discovering and discovering the harassment of another future president, Donald Trump, before the elections in which she allegedly beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. And it is from that year and from that moment that the film chooses to focus.
But unlike the two titles mentioned above, She said chooses to follow Twohey and Kantor’s personal lives, their relationships with their partners, their children -Kantor will be a first-time mom and not enjoy it much-.
Perhaps it was due to the need to give air to the story and make it less “objective”, with sufficient quotations, trying to bring the protagonists of the film closer to the audience.
Carey Mulligan has already had several participations in films in which the role of women is questioned, and the actress of The lesson of life And Inside Llewyn Davis: Ballad of the Common Man it did both inside the suffragettes before and inside nice revenge, after.
But who stands out the most is Zoe Kazan, the actress of Ruby, my dream girl and nephew of Elia Kazan. Perhaps it will be because his character, Jodi Kantor, has a different elaboration from his partner, but to give an example, every time he receives a phone call, his expressions are the ones that reach us the most and best.
She said It is not a debated film, that is, debated, because everything is very clear. It causes more discussion than the controversy over impunity that some powerful people believe they have, and also that of the media.
“She said”
Good
Drama. USA, 2022. Original title: “She said”. 129′, SA 13. Of: Maria Schrader. With: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Jennifer Ehle. Rooms: Showcase Norcenter, Cinépolis Recoleta, Cinemark Palermo, Hoyts Unicenter.
Source: Clarin
