She Said

""Will you go on the record?""

2022 2h 9m EN

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7.2

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88%

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7.3

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★7.2TMDB · 757🍅88%Rotten Tomatoes●74Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 49,072

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Synopsis

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New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

“"Will you go on the record?"”

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Cast

Carey Mulligan
Megan Twohey
Zoe Kazan
Jodi Kantor
Patricia Clarkson
Rebecca Corbett
Andre Braugher
Dean Baquet
Lola Petticrew
Young Laura
Katherine Laheen
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Emma Clare O'Connor
Rachel Crooks
Tom Pelphrey
Vadim Rutman

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Maria Schrader
Writers: Rebecca Lenkiewicz
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 43% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 4 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maria Schrader, shot by Natasha Braier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Nicholas Britell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hansjörg Weißbrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan and Patricia Clarkson carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: ""Will you go on the record?"".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Maria Schrader directs. Natasha Braier behind the camera. Nicholas Britell scores. Hansjörg Weißbrich cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Portuguese, Spanish.

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1Earned back only 43% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 4 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish.
4Directed by Maria Schrader, shot by Natasha Braier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Nicholas Britell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Hansjörg Weißbrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan and Patricia Clarkson carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: ""Will you go on the record?"".
9IMDB entry: tt11198810 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 16 themes, including "based on novel or book", "journalism", "biography", "sexual violence".
11Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Natasha Braier
Original score: Nicholas Britell
Editing: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Production design: Meredith Lippincott
Costume design: Brittany Loar
Makeup / hair: Carla Antonino
Runtime: 129 min · 2h 9m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $32,000,000
Box office: $13,900,000
Return: 43% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: She Said (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes: 88% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 74/100
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 49,072 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA 14 wins & 43 nominations total

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Manuel São Bento2022-10-23
★ 6/10
MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/other-films-watched-lff-2022 "She Said proves that even a formulaic, overlong movie can still be incredibly compelling and emotionally impactful. The haunting true story of Harvey Weinstein's accounts of sexual abuse is approached with heartfelt care, dedication, and respect for the victims. Everything is elevated by absolutely brilliant performances from the cast, most notably Zoe Kazan. Even without significant innovations, Maria Schrader keeps the narrative interesting with the help of Nicholas Britell's score. It deserves to be seen by everyone." Rating: B-
CinemaSerf2022-11-26
★ 6/10
Try as I did, I just couldn't really engage with this rather long, procedural and sterile depiction of two journalist's traumatic and courageous efforts that finally ended Harvey Weinstein's unfettered abuse of many of the women who worked for and with him over the lengthy span of his Hollywood dominance. Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan are competent, but no more, as these lead reporters facing the seemingly impossible task of navigating a toxic environment of fear, shame and non-disclosure agreements in the hope that one of his victims will go on the record. When you know what ultimately happens with a true-life scenario, it makes the telling of the story that much harder because there is no sense of jeopardy. The thing with this for me, though, was that the writing and characterisations were all just too flat. It also frequently blurs the distinctions between fact (or "information" as it is often referred to here) with unsubstantiated gossip. Now, clearly the aim of these two ladies was to substantiate those rumours, but the film doesn't really get to grips properly with that. One witness has been untraceable for many years (yet she is readily found by them living with her mother!); the others have remained tight lipped due to the NDAs but suddenly start to spill the beans. Why? What made them decide to finally bring this brute to book? The cold-calling nature of their approaches often appears cruel and ill-considered of the consequences (especially the scene with Andrew Cheung (Edward Astor Chin) obliviously mowing his lawn). None of the detail or personalities are really gone into here - the whole style is superficial and the lack of dramatisation of any of the incidents, or - indeed - of Weinstein himself, leaves us with a slightly disjointed, hollow, movie. It looks at the abhorrences of intimidation and oppression in the workplace then makes generic inferences that - and this applies to men, gay people, people of colour and not just women - rather underwhelmed me at the end. As a chronology of an investigative report it is fine. As a drama about real people facing real horrors it just lacks for depth and character.
Peter McGinn2023-01-02
★ 9/10
I tend to like movies with less action and more introspection and more “talkative.” Still, since I had read the book on this and saw other reports, I wondered if this might all seem like old news when I watched it. But I found out to be enthralling. I engaged with the lead characters and appreciated the excellent work of the secondary characters. For example, a quiet but strong portrayal of the partner of one of the reporters who seemed to be a reporter in his own right but who was supportive of her efforts. I felt they didn’t go for the melodramatic approach here as they well might have. They merely hinted about moments like one of them wondering if a car occupant was watching her, and used just one threatening phone call when they probably actually had many of them. It kept the story cleaner and moving forward. She Said reminded me of All the Presidents Men, with the two investigative reporters being held to a standard of having sufficient sources to back up their reporting but where Woodward and Bernstein seemed mostly concerned with holding people accountable for their illegal actions, the journalists in she Said connected and formed a personal bond with the victims they located and encouraged to speak out.