For people who like action in their films, you won’t find it here. The Assistant truly is a study in this character and what she deals with on this one day. We get glimpses of the broader world she inhabits when lower ranking managers get called to join the big boss on a cross country trip to L.A. that evening. We see bits of Jane’s relationship with her fellow assistants and her boss when the two men she shares the office with try to help her with an apology email to the boss when Jane says the wrong thing to his wife on the phone.
But it’s the things that go unsaid in the film for the first half that really strikes a nerve and keeps the viewer on edge. It should come as no surprise that the unfaithful film executive is at least loosely modeled on Harvey Weinstein and it’s hard not to envision his face when you hear the boss on the phone. While we never really see his character in the film, he is a weighty presence in the film, just based on his actions.
Read my full review on Substack (https://theoscarproject.substack.com/p/review-the-assistant).
Shout by Jonathan YtrebergBlockedParent2023-10-23T02:51:42Z
For people who like action in their films, you won’t find it here. The Assistant truly is a study in this character and what she deals with on this one day. We get glimpses of the broader world she inhabits when lower ranking managers get called to join the big boss on a cross country trip to L.A. that evening. We see bits of Jane’s relationship with her fellow assistants and her boss when the two men she shares the office with try to help her with an apology email to the boss when Jane says the wrong thing to his wife on the phone.
But it’s the things that go unsaid in the film for the first half that really strikes a nerve and keeps the viewer on edge. It should come as no surprise that the unfaithful film executive is at least loosely modeled on Harvey Weinstein and it’s hard not to envision his face when you hear the boss on the phone. While we never really see his character in the film, he is a weighty presence in the film, just based on his actions.
Read my full review on Substack (https://theoscarproject.substack.com/p/review-the-assistant).