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Below is our review of the film, which was originally published on May 7, 2018.
It is only right, only prudent to shut up and listen.
Both the film and the notorious figure at its center are the best imaginable retaliation to mansplaining.
The movie opens with Ginsburgs confirmation hearings before Joe Biden and his hair transplants.
He does better with her than he did a few years earlier with Anita Hill.
But then, even Utah Republican Orrin Hatch finds Ginsburg impressive.
There are few downbeats to this story.
Yes,RGBis a hagiography, but it has its cheeky aspect.
It begins with a montage of government landmarks, many in the shadow of the Washington Monument.
Ginsburgs victories over that code took a lot of hard preparation.
She was one of nine women in her Harvard Law School class of 500.
After graduation, no New York law firm would hire her or any other woman.
But she didnt go, shall we say, balls out to attack the systems sexist underpinnings.
Her mode was and is less brash, her maxim, Be a lady and be independent.
Cohen and West make clear that those things were once mutually exclusive.
It was her first argument before the U.S. Supreme Court a captive audience, she recalls, with delight.
The movie has the audio.
Even with such rich material, the movie can be a tad prosaic.
But as you listen to Ginsburg reads her words, you begin to perceive the secret of her power.
Every revolution needs someone hitting the books until 4 a.m. while others march in the streets.
Bushs replacement for Marshall, Clarence Thomas.
One can imagine playful but scorching duets with the tenor playing Nino Scalia.
And one could imagine her dissents set to music.
They already ring in our ears.
RBGwas nominated for two Oscars in 2019, including Best Documentary Feature and Best Original Song.
