The horrific stories of Weinstein’s victims are central to the film, but it’s mostly Kantor and Twohey’s perspective that makes up the plot. We realize the refusals, the hesitations of the witnesses, the obstacles they faced. We see all their determination, their frustrations. We understand the reason why they do what they do: “so that he can no longer do to others” what he has already done to the victims who confided in them.
We realize that they have nightmares about it, that they feel threatened, that they fear not being able to offer those who have trusted them the justice they deserve. “I’m afraid we know everything we know and end up taking it to our graves,” Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kaza) says to her colleague Megan (Carey Mulligan) in the film. . We understand the extent of their work.
The two actresses embody their role very well and allow us to attach ourselves to these journalists while making us fully understand the weight they carry.
If it is, of course, facts experienced, the Hollywood touch of the production comes to amputate a realism which should have been more supported. One cannot help but find certain dramatic moments overrated. It’s not that the horror portrayed should be downplayed – it’s actually portrayed quite well. But some exchanges, some reactions, some methods used by journalists do not quite stick, seem a little too big. We have no doubt that the scenes are closer to reality and we know that the director Maria Schrader probably assumes a slight exaggeration of the facts experienced.
Maybe it’s the journalist in us who can’t help but compare the film to the “real life” of reporters and who dwells on details that don’t really matter. Because besides these little hiccups (which, in the end, serve to keep the spectator in suspense), everything works rather well in She Said.
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Drama
She Said
Maria Schrader Drama
With Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan
2:09 a.m.