The reporters take urgent calls, pacing down hallways. They're awake long into the night, poring over documents, missing dinner at home that their romantic partners have prepared patiently. They show up late. They jet off to various locales, including abroad, trying to track down sources who may or may not talk. They're followed at night by dark cars.
These could be scenes from any number of journalism movies – like "All The President's Men," or more recently, "Spotlight" – films as hard-hitting and dramatic as the investigations their leads try to crack. But "She Said," the new film based on the 2019 book by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, digs deep not into political intrigue or espionage, but abuse and sexual misconduct. And the hardworking, veteran journalists who break the case are not men. They're women and they're moms. That gives the film its strength – and also likely spelled its doom.
