She Said (2022)

"She Said" is a docudrama in the tradition of famous investigative journalism films like "All the President's Men", "The Post" and "Spotlight", telling the story of New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey's investigation and exposure of movie producer Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse, an effort that went down in history and sparked the #MeToo tsunami, whose outcome is known to everyone today.

What everyone doesn't know (but what the movie shows us) is how incredibly difficult it was for Kantor and Twohey to get Weinstein's victims to step forward and speak out. Everyone in the movie business knew that Weinstein was an unrestrained womanizer who used his powerful position as head of Miramax to get his way with numerous aspiring actresses because he could crush anyone who refused his demands. He was able to keep going for so long mainly because he kept any potential scandal under wraps by making settlements with his victims ─ always with a non-disclosure clause.

Even though we know the ending in advance, the movie is incredibly exciting and ever relevant. The film, the screenwriter (Rebecca Lenkiewicz) and the director (Maria Schrader) did not get the Oscar nominations deserved, and neither did Kazan nor Mulligan for their fantastic performances.