On the Basis of Sex

[Rereleases Sept. 25 in theaters to honor Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; it is also available on Showtime and for purchase from various digital retailers.] Terrific acting dominates this captivating, inspirational, insightful, critically acclaimed, factually based, star-studded (Justin Theroux, Kathy Bates, Stephen Root, Jack Reynor, Sam Waterson, and Wendy Crewson), 2-hour biographical film that follows the life and illustrious career of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones), who raised two children (Cailee Spaeny and Callum Shoniker), from her discrimination days at Harvard Law School in the 1950s, working as a law professor, litigating a landmark case of Moritz v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue with her supportive tax attorney husband (Armie Hammer) before the U. S. Court of Appeals in 1972 in which a bachelor Colorado man (Chris Mulkey) was discriminated against by the IRS tax law, and eventually rising to the position of U.S. Supreme Court Justice in 1993.
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