On the Basis of Sex (2018) movie poster

On the Basis of Sex (2018)

"Her story made history"
ThumbScore
👍 69%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 66%
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Director
Mimi Leder
Runtime
2h
Country
United States of America
Language
English
TMDB Rating
7.3/10 (1,113 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
59

Cast

Felicity Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg · 67% avg
Armie Hammer as Martin D. Ginsburg · 69% avg
Justin Theroux as Mel Wulf · 69% avg
Sam Waterston as Erwin Griswold · 76% avg
Kathy Bates as Dorothy Kenyon · 72% avg
Cailee Spaeny as Jane C. Ginsburg · 70% avg
Callum Shoniker as James Steven Ginsburg
Jack Reynor as James H. Bozarth · 69% avg

Is On the Basis of Sex good?

It's divisive. Only 69% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 66%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#2390 / 3335 · Drama
Rank in its year
#180 / 326 · 2018
Rank among its director's films
#4 / 5 · Mimi Leder

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Young lawyer Ruth Bader Ginsburg teams with her husband Marty to bring a groundbreaking case before the U.S. Court of Appeals and overturn a century of sex discrimination. Wikipedia ↗

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What Reddit Thinks

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First Image of Felicty Jones as Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Biopic 'On The Basis Of Sex'
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Box Office Week: The Upside takes #1 with a solid $19.5M. A Dog's Way Home underwhelms at #3 with $11.3M. On the Basis of Sex expands to wide release at #8 with good $6.2M. Replicas bombs horribly at #12 with $2.5M. Aquaman becomes first DCEU film to pass $1B worldwide.
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