On the Basis of Sex

...a tidy, well-acted courtroom drama centered on the case that kicked off her decades-long career fighting against gender-based discrimination and for equal rights.

Director Mimi Leder has an eye for telling detail and a sure sense of pacing...

...[a] forthright, likable biopic celebrating the early career of legendary lawyer and supreme court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

...director Mimi Leder, making a long-overdue return to the big screen, finds a way to make Ginsburg’s story engaging...

...[Jones] carries this picture, delivers thrilling arguments thrillingly and puts a warm, human face on a legal figure who has become liberalism’s Obi Wan Kenobi, “our only hope.”

...does a fine job capturing the early legal career of a feminist, legal, and cultural icon...