In “She Said,” New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) wonder if their tireless work in reporting Harvey Weinstein‘s decades of sexual abuse and harassment will change anything — if anyone will care. Maria Schrader had a similar thought when she read their article on Oct. 5, 2017. “It was shocking. It was at the same time not really surprising. I was wondering what would follow, if there would be something following,” the director tells Gold Derby (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And then it did.”
The exposé sparked the #MeToo movement and led to the downfall of the now imprisoned mogul as more and more survivors of his systemic abuse spoke out. Kantor and Twohey won the Pulitzer Prize and wrote a book, “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” about their investigation, which was being adapted into a...
The exposé sparked the #MeToo movement and led to the downfall of the now imprisoned mogul as more and more survivors of his systemic abuse spoke out. Kantor and Twohey won the Pulitzer Prize and wrote a book, “She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement,” about their investigation, which was being adapted into a...
- 12/6/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
Halfway through the film She Said, the New York Times journalist Megan Twohey, played by Carey Mulligan, screams in a man’s face. She is in a bar with her reporting partner, Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan), and editor, Rebecca Corbett (Patricia Clarkson); the trio have congregated to discuss their investigation into Harvey Weinstein. The confrontation happens after the man, who is drunk, hits on Megan.
“I have never done that,” says Twohey, smiling. “But I have had outbursts of that kind over the years, stretching back to when I was a kid and beat up a neighborhood bully for taunting me and my friends.” She pauses. “It would be naive for people to think that we, as journalists, could immerse ourselves in the outrageous prevalence of sexual abuse and not feel anger. I just don’t think that’s realistic.”
By now, the story of Twohey and Kantor’s reporting is well known.
“I have never done that,” says Twohey, smiling. “But I have had outbursts of that kind over the years, stretching back to when I was a kid and beat up a neighborhood bully for taunting me and my friends.” She pauses. “It would be naive for people to think that we, as journalists, could immerse ourselves in the outrageous prevalence of sexual abuse and not feel anger. I just don’t think that’s realistic.”
By now, the story of Twohey and Kantor’s reporting is well known.
- 11/24/2022
- by Olivia Petter
- The Independent - Film
For director Maria Schrader, “She Said” was more than a truthful and thrilling recreation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning, #MeToo-bolstering New York Times report that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s decades of sexual abuse and harassment. It was also about the personal stories of New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan). This made it a more complex and emotionally resonant film about female empowerment and the “crucible of motherhood,” which Schrader’s go-to editor, Hansjörg Weißbrich, leaned into.
“This was an investigative thriller and a more important aspect — their private life and how they got to know each other as a result of the collaboration,” Weißbrich told IndieWire. “This was an additional storyline that wasn’t in the book.”
But that first required Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz to gain the trust of Kantor and Twohey, to let them include their struggle with parenting along with...
“This was an investigative thriller and a more important aspect — their private life and how they got to know each other as a result of the collaboration,” Weißbrich told IndieWire. “This was an additional storyline that wasn’t in the book.”
But that first required Schrader and screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz to gain the trust of Kantor and Twohey, to let them include their struggle with parenting along with...
- 11/23/2022
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
As the Harvey Weinstein trial continues in Los Angeles, “She Said” transports viewers back to New York when New York Times journalists Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor published an investigative piece whose reverberations would be felt for years to come.
Centering both the reporters and the survivors who came forward to bravely share their accusations against the producer, the drama spotlights the #MeToo movement as voices across the country and the globe demanded a cultural shift.
Here’s how to watch “She Said” when it hits the big screen.
When Does “She Said” Come Out?
The drama premieres Friday, Nov. 18.
Is “She Said” Streaming or in Theaters?
If you want to watch “She Said” before the holidays, you’ll likely need to head to a movie theater to see it as the film is not currently available to stream on a major streaming platform. The only way to see it...
Centering both the reporters and the survivors who came forward to bravely share their accusations against the producer, the drama spotlights the #MeToo movement as voices across the country and the globe demanded a cultural shift.
Here’s how to watch “She Said” when it hits the big screen.
When Does “She Said” Come Out?
The drama premieres Friday, Nov. 18.
Is “She Said” Streaming or in Theaters?
If you want to watch “She Said” before the holidays, you’ll likely need to head to a movie theater to see it as the film is not currently available to stream on a major streaming platform. The only way to see it...
- 11/18/2022
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
When journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published their first bombshell report on Harvey Weinstein in The New York Times in October 2017, the eventual Pulitzer Prize-winning expose included eight different accusers. Some of them were named (like actress Ashley Judd or former Miramax employee Lauren Madden), while others opted to tell their stories but to remain anonymous.
Navigating the comfort levels of each accuser when it came time to share their stories was key to Kantor and Twohey’s process. Five years later, as the story behind their investigation makes its way to the big screen in the form of Maria Schrader’s incendiary “She Said,” that same care and attention remains front and center.
So does the continued search for the truth. Like the women who inspired her film, the German director’s first English-language feature is rooted in a desire for veracity, done with the kind of thoughtfulness...
Navigating the comfort levels of each accuser when it came time to share their stories was key to Kantor and Twohey’s process. Five years later, as the story behind their investigation makes its way to the big screen in the form of Maria Schrader’s incendiary “She Said,” that same care and attention remains front and center.
So does the continued search for the truth. Like the women who inspired her film, the German director’s first English-language feature is rooted in a desire for veracity, done with the kind of thoughtfulness...
- 11/16/2022
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
She Said Review — She Said (2022) Film Review, a movie directed by Maria Schrader, written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and starring Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Samantha Morton, Jennifer Ehle, Angela Yeoh, Maren Heary, Sean Cullen, Anastasia Barzee, Keilly McQuail, Hilary Greer, Tina WongLu, Nancy Ellen Shore, Wesley Holloway, Stephen Dexter, [...]
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- 11/8/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
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