On the Basis of Sex Review

On the Basis of Sex starts off weak but picks up as it goes. This movie is about a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg who works with her husband on a groundbreaking court case about gender discrimination. Felicity Jones gives a great performance. By the end of the movie she completely embodies the role and reminds you of the actual person. Armie Hammer gives a fantastic performance playing Ruth’s husband. They have great chemistry with each other and he gets his own story arc alongside hers. Justin Theroux and Jack Reynor both give really good performances in smaller roles. Mimi Leder did a fine job directing, but nothing about it stands out. The script is overall strong, but starts off really weak. Once the main court case starts though, it is consistently compelling and even tense at times. At 120 minutes the pacing picks up in the second half, but the first half was painfully slow at times. Overall, On the Basis of Sex is perfectly fine biopic with strong lead performances.

6/10