MOVIE - On the Basis of Sex

PG-13 (2:00)

Wide release 1/11/19

Viewed 1/10/19 with Sandy at Carlisle 8
IMBd: 6.2/10

RT Critic: 71   Audience:  71
Critic's Consensus:  On the Basis of Sex is nowhere near as groundbreaking as its real-life subject, but her extraordinary life makes a solid case for itself as an inspirational, well-acted biopic.

Cag:  5/Loved it

Directed by Mimi Leder

Focus Features

Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer

My comments:  I've got a feeling that even if this was a crappy movie I would rate it well.  However, it wasn't a crappy movie.  If the two wonderful actors who portrayed Ruth and Marty Ginsberg are anything at all like the real Ruth and Marty Ginsberg, I am sold, sold, sold.  There was just enough law, just enough Ginsberg family scenes, just enough touch of the 50s, 60s, and 70s to make this movie real, relevant, and right.

RT/ IMDb Summary  The film tells an inspiring and spirited true story that follows young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of gender discrimination. The feature will premiere in 2018 in line with Justice Ginsburg's 25th anniversary on the Supreme Court.