"She Said" is a good movie that could be great if it didn't keep reminding you of other, better movies.
Those titles, just to get them out of the way, are "All the President's Men" and "Spotlight." Like both, "She Said" follows journalists on the trail of a gigantic story that took eons to report but, when it finally appeared, led to huge changes in the way Americans think. It's more like "Spotlight" than "All the President's Men" because, instead of the latter's suspenseful energy, "She Said" has a mournful, unhurried quality that suits the material.
Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) and Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) were the New York Times reporters, both young mothers, who spent months tracking down women who had been abused by movie producer Harvey Weinstein. Then, they spent months more convincing sources — including big names as well as Weinstein employees who weren't famous — to go on the record.
