Ruth Bader Ginsburg Movie Biopic

Yesterday july 16 focus features released the first trailer for on the basis of sex the hollywood biopic about the life and early career of ruth bader ginsburg a longtime us supreme court.

Ruth bader ginsburg movie biopic. Directed by mimi leder. This story contains minor spoilers about the ending of ruth bader ginsburg biopic on the basis of sex in theaters now. With felicity jones armie hammer justin theroux sam waterston. On the basis of sex is a 2018 american biographical legal drama film based on the life and early cases of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg directed by mimi leder and written by daniel stiepleman it stars felicity jones as ginsburg with armie hammer justin theroux jack reynor cailee spaeny sam waterston and kathy bates in supporting roles.

The true story of ruth bader ginsburg her struggles for equal rights and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as u s. Supreme court justice to help him with a screenplay that would chronicle one of her early cases seeking equal rights for men and women. For her starry new hollywood biopic ruth bader ginsburg kept it in the family. Not long into on the basis of sex future supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg played by felicity jones undresses and falls into bed with her husband martin armie hammer the love scene.

Leder and actor justin theroux joined msnbc s hallie jackson to discuss it. Ruth bader ginsburg biopic on the basis of sex is a terrible movie it s not an issue with her politics overly fawning anachronistic poorly paced portrayals of anyone s life should get. Seven years ago a nephew of ruth bader ginsburg asked the u s. On the basis of sex ends much like it begins.

With a number of biopics hitting theaters this holiday season how does the supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg biopic on the basis of sex starring felicity jones fare in comparison.