Pros: A timely story with solid performances fill this film which does jump around and has a lot of ground, both literally and figuratively as Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) have a lot of women to track down, mountains of evidence to discover and explore all to expose a man who has the entire Hollywood community at his fingerprints as everyone bows down to him as though he's a God, treating the women he destroys along the way as fools and scapegoats. While the film is a little long, you wish it was longer, you wish you had more details on how utterly wretched this man actually was. The performances are tight and shows most of the characters in multiple ways as Megan becomes a mother early in this film and Jodi already is one. It also shows the fear that still lives strongly in these women decades after the abuse was over and does a good job of referring to both the famous and lowly, all of whom were victimized in the same way, though only Ashley Judd appears in person.
Cons: Honestly, not really any, though the plot does have some skips in time to get everything in as tightly as possible and yes, you wish that you could get the reactions of others (from the women mentioned to supports of Weinstein to the random moviegoers across the county), but these are minor details in an otherwise great film.
Recommend: Yes
Grade: A-
Side Notes:
-The supporting cast is solid, if largely white (save Andre Baugher and Angela Yeoh) include Patricia Clarkson, Samantha Morton (great) and Jennifer Ehle.
-You learn a good amount of the details and power behind NDAs and how they don't protect the victim in the slightest. Also, long story short, never sign one as they take away your voice.
-While the husbands of Megan and Jodi play important roles, they are very much secondary characters as you don't ever learn what their jobs are.
-This film would be a good companion piece for Bombshell or All the President's Men, proving the investigative journalism is not dead and can never die.
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