The movie She Said is based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that laid the foundation for the #MeToo Movement. The sure-to-be Oscar contender arrives on November 18, and we've got what you need to know to watch it.
Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan star as Twohey and Kantor. As journalists at the New York Times, they’re used to big stories coming across their desks but when sordid tales of women being sexually assaulted behind closed doors in Hollywood, they knew they had to take action.
Together, they started contacting women who had been impacted by this unspeakable violence. They were met with women willing to share their stories and others who were afraid of repercussions
The #MeToo movement was inspired by their work, giving a voice to the countless women who suffered horrific abuse in silence, unable to defend themselves against the powerful Hollywood operatives who utilized a pattern of systemic abuse for their own personal gain.
Here's what you need to know about how to watch She Said.
How to watch She Said in movie theaters
She Said is currently available in select theaters. If you're not sure if it's playing in your city or town, Fandango is a great resource to see where it's playing at a theater near you. The movie is rated R and has a run time of two hours and 15 minutes.
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Is She Said streaming?
She Said is currently available to stream on Peacock in the US.
She Said is also available to view on Prime Video in the US and UK, thanks to the Amazon-owned platform's 'In-Theater Movies at Home' program, which sees movies still airing in cinemas also available to rent on the streaming platform. Find She Said on Prime Video here.
What else you need to know about She Said
She Said is getting some high praise. What to Watch's She Said review gave the movie five stars, calling it "a heart-thumping passionate triumph." As of this writing, She Said has been "Certified Fresh" by the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, sitting on an 85% critic score.
In addition to Mulligan and Kazan, She Said also stars Samantha Morton (The Walking Dead, The Serpent Queen), Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects, Shutter Island) Keilly McQuail (Orange is the New Black, The Plot Against America), Andre Braugher (The Good Fight, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), Jennifer Ehle (Zero Dark Thirty, A Gifted Man), Ashley Judd (Berlin Station, Heat), Maren Lord (Paper Girls) and Tom Pelphrey (Ozark).
The movie is directed by Maria Schrader and written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Watch the She Said trailer right here.
