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2020
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The Assistant
Positive Reviews
179
Negative reviews
23
Average Rating
3.8
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3.8
At times, it feels like watching The Devil Wears Prada be reworked by Ingmar Bergman.
EW
5.0
The Assistant, a very good film, is especially good on power dynamics.
Rogerebert
4.0
Your imagination fills in the blanks (if its not exactly Harvey Weinstein, its surely someone Weinstein esque).
Common Sense Media
3.8
As Jane, Garner delivers a masterclass of small, uncertain gestures.
Indie Wire
1.5
But we cant pretend that the evidence wasnt hidden in plain sight.
Variety
5.0
This understated film builds up to a gut punch thats more painful than anything in the superficial, recent Roger Ailes expos Bombshell.
Time Out
4.0
The appointment may hold promises of great opportunities ahead, but for now its fairly soul destroying.
The Guardian
4.0
It is a sombre, realist study of what day by day, moment by moment abuse actually looks like.
The Guardian
3.8
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
3.8
It isnt exactly explicit, but its pretty obvious whats going on behind that window.
4.0
The film business isnt so glamorous when youre the low person on the totem pole: thats the despairing lesson learned by the title character in The Ass ..
Screen Daily
2.8
Arguably, thats the pointits a fixed, closed system that insulated a predatorbut you dont need a feature length film to make us understand.
Collider
4.5
Its the tight, pallid look of someone trying to get through things without thinking too hard about what shes doing.
Vulture
4.5
The Assistant stands as an insightful, if after the fact look at long tolerated behavior. Its a reminder of how things were until very, very recently.
The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Later theres the box of syringes that arrive, and later, boxes of prescription drugs.
4.5
Jane isnt one of those victims Youre not his type, the H.R. guy tells her, in a twisted attempt to reassure but she doesnt have to be.
The New York Times
4.0
The whole point of Greens film is the routine, submerged, and invisible quality of its horrors: you can readily believe Tuesday might be even worse.
Telegraph
4.5
Its restrained, deliberate style is ideally suited to making the point that people without restraints are capable of anything.
4.5
Crucially, however, the movie never falls into the trap of making Simmons its true subject or raison dtre.
4.5
Its thrilling to see Green employing such mastery of how setting, lighting, and even something as simple as a stare can tell 15 minutes of story in ju ..
The Young Folks
4.0
Garner is captivating and elevates the film into emotionally shaking art with rigidly chilly body language.
4.5
She maintains our sympathy as shes personable, even if despite her conscience shes just another enabler.
JoBlo
3.1
We see how the system works in an abusers favour and how those who uphold that system are unwilling to change, but that doesnt leave the viewer with m ..
The Globe And Mail
3.5
In its quiet, unassuming way it cunningly depicts the culture that allowed the crass, cruel behavior of not just one man but many of them.
One Guys Opinion
3.1
There are a dozen ways writer director Green could have goosed the script, even slightly...to make this movie more of a meal.
Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
The Assistant isnt urgent, far from it at times, but it does generate an appreciation for the emotional toll of the titular position, especially when ..
Blu Ray
3.8
Its a job that hundreds would be happy to take if she doesnt want it.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.5
The matter of fact, day in the life of a studio assistant story is straightforward with just hints of what is happening behind the scenes. These hints ..
3.8
One of the smart things about Greens screenplay and direction is its quiet subtlety. There is no one big moment here, nor an outright smoking gun, ins ..
2.5
First time filmmaker Green has infused The Assistant with a low key and almost clinical feel that doesnt exactly draw the viewer in...
Reel Film Reviews
4.5
A really well made film with a great central performance, and I like the understatement of it...the very little details are what really matter and tel ..
You Tube
5.0
The Assistant isnt about empowerment (thats a task for other filmmakers), but presents a cruel, unvarnished reality.
Independent
4.0
Julia Garner is implosive dynamite in this slow burn tale of an assistant to a sexual predator. Garner and writer director Kitty Green build a stingin ..
Rolling Stone
4.5
This searing condemnation of morally corrupt institutions is a quietly righteous rallying cry to burn it all down.
Decider
1.5
Youre definitely going to come away from The Assistant feeling depressed for humanity, but thats sort of the point.
Decider
4.5
While the filmmaker rightly understands that shock value isnt the only way to tell a visceral story, its central performance by Julia Garner is what m ..
The Wrap
3.8
By training her lens on a grind of a job demanding near invisibility, Green highlights the systematic verbal abuse these young (usually) women endure ..
New York Post
4.5
The appointment may hold promises of great opportunities ahead, but for now its fairly soul destroying.
The Guardian
4.0
Green shows us nothing lurid, nothing explicit. Instead she lets the toxicity build, bit by bit, until its seeped in everywhere. Thats powerful, and t ..
Az Central
1.5
There is a through line in terms of theme, and Green has made only good choices here. The film is tautly constructed, able to be shot largely in one p ..
Smh
4.5
Without resort to a single scene of graphic sexual violence, Green nails down the awful truth that Janes exploitation is part and parcel of a silent b ..
Npr
5.0
The viewer might wonder why we should care about Janes dull drudgery except we know more about whats going on, what misdeeds and crimes Jane is unwitt ..
4.0
In the aftermath of MeToo, you dont need to explain much, while the awkward silences and disengaged chit chat speak volumes about the more banal side ..
Flim List
4.5
No one is safe from judgment, but that doesnt necessarily mean everyone is guilty either.
Film Inquiry
4.5
Its thought provoking and doesnt manipulate its audience, enabling us to form our own opinions about Janes situation.
Film Inquiry
4.0
Green shows the trickle down effect of toxic masculinity, as Janes male colleagues scarcely higher in the pecking order than her nevertheless chip awa ..
Eye For Film
3.0
Restrained and sensitive, chronicling an all too prevalent misogynistic culture of complicity.
Susang Ranger
4.0
It doesnt matter how light a film is on traditional storytelling when a directorial vision and devastating central performance gel together concocting ..
Flickering Myth
4.5
Greens direction and dramatic sensibility are blunt, but the films laboratory like microcosm of scenarios pointedly similar to recent widely publicize ..
New Yorker
4.5
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Time
3.8
Garner is riveting in this very relevant and fact sourced #MeToo parable.
Boston Herald
3.5
An easy criticism would be that The Assistant has nothing to add to the conversation. This is a reductive take.
The Film Stage
4.4
The movies a sleek, icy variation on Alien vs Predator, with the predator off screen, and the alienated woman depicted in nearly every frame, in a sta ..
Chicago Tribune
4.5
We never see the predatory boss in the movie, and hes never named; hes Weinstein and hes the larger problem at the same time.
Boston Globe
4.0
The Assistant isnt interested in what goes on behind closed doors; it is, rather, a gripping re creation of the culture of intimidation and control th ..
The Irish Times
1.5
This cinematic device takes a while to get used to, and thats fully in keeping with Greens style.
The Atlantic
1.5
By equating mere suspicions with Weinstein type outrages, this bolsters gestapo type thinking inspired by the #MeToo Movement that threatens to make s ..
Tony Medley
4.5
With our knowledge of Harvey Weinsteins monstrosity, The Assistant becomes something more than a horror film: a portrait of conflicted complicity, and ..
Pajiba
1.5
But we cant pretend that the evidence wasnt hidden in plain sight.
Variety
4.4
Has the benefit of relevance to the current news cycle, but its about something much larger even than the famous convicted felon who threw his weight ..
Groucho Reviews
1.5
Ultimately, the film exists to evoke a mood and a mindset, one that strips away the glamor associated with Hollywood to expose a system that allows a ..
Cnn
5.0
Given the name thats been in the headlines so often over the past couple of years, it doesnt take much working out to know who hes based on.
Hey U Guys
3.5
She doesnt need to say much; this expressive actor has the wounds written all over her face and communicates all the trauma and humiliating emotional ..
The Play List
4.5
History has shown us on a far larger scale that we should expect better meaning that while hes the clear monster theyre still culpable in their own wa ..
Film School Rejects
4.0
Quietly raging, The Assistant is a bleakly precise study of complicity in workplace abuse.
Cine Vue
4.0
Hes an obvious stand in for Harvey Weinstein, but it doesnt really matter he could be any number of men at the top of the entertainment food chain.
Lw Lies
4.5
A kiss or a car crash comes higher, and I dont think thats accidental.
Abc
4.5
The Assistants power is in its documentary like feel. Green observes Jane with an emotional distance that allows us to understand the impossibility of ..
The Stranger
4.0
After a while, the question becomes not just what kind of industry allowed this to happen, but how many people still working in it now looked the othe ..
Ft
4.5
This is Garners (Ozark) film and she delivers a magnificent performance, one that runs a truly impressive arc over the course of a single day.
Stuff
4.4
But, American accent aside, Wilcock isnt another variation on Tom; though Janes meeting with him isnt helpful, you understand the position hes in.
Ar Kansas Online
4.4
Greens bold choice of technique pays off immensely; it isnt long before this generic office space begins to feel suffocatingly claustrophobic.
Larsen On Film
4.5
But shes made a powerful movie about the ways power enforces silence, even between assistants and other underlingspeople convinced they have everythin ..
Vanity Fair
4.5
Behind the offices still, focussed faade lies an unmistakable toxic tension.
The Arts Desk
4.5
Ms. Garner transcends the inherent limits of her role to convey ineffable tenderness and wordless ferocity in a movie thats bigger than it seems.
Wsj
4.0
Some creepy atmospherics, but this religious/psychological/horror thriller borrows a little much from The Shining.
The Filmy Ap
3.8
A provocative story about traversing the thin line between realizing your dreams and sacrificing your morality.
Patriot Ledger
4.4
The environment here is suffocating, but The Assistant doesnt make it obvious.
3.8
Hes an abusive, predatory, porcine, all powerful movie studio chief who is never seen.
Chicago Sun Times
0.9
Unfortunately, the stilted dialogue doesnt do the story any justice.
Nyc Movie Guru
3.0
Bringing her documentarian experience toa fictionalized take on a timely issue, Green keeps the audience at a distance, at too much of a distance.
Punch Drunk Critics
4.5
But shes really ground down by whats going on behind those mahogany doors.
Straight
3.0
Green, the first filmmaker to give narrative voice to this subject, posits her day in the life of a witness to workplace gangrene as a grueling exampl ..
Sandiego Reader
1.5
The film doesnt do much to offer anything new to further the conversation about a very timely topic.
We Live Entertainment
4.5
The mundane chatter of a workspace acquires the lingering edge of a horror movie score.
Film Companion
4.5
The mundane chatter of a workspace acquires the lingering edge of a horror movie score.
Film Companion
2.8
They are for the big screen and deserve more pizzazz than the writer director evokes here.
Shockya
4.5
Yet theres something about Greens scrupulous, deceptively unassuming feature that will keep it relevant and impressive beyond its allotted spot as a c ..
The Ringer
4.0
As the movie begins, you wont even have much of a clue that this isnt some sort of intimate look at the life of any ordinary office worker.
Dead Line
1.5
Although affecting and even revelatory at points, The Assistant is ultimately a drama of resignation.
Film Comment
3.5
Unfortunately, the bland heroine suppresses her feelings and just wishes to not make waves and keep her job, thereby the tension that builds never get ..
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
4.0
The film reaches its peak of futile anger when Jane approaches an HR professional (Matthew Macfadyen).
One Room With A View
4.0
The film practically becomes a showcase for Julia Garners acting.
Solzy At The Movies
4.0
To its credit, the film doesnt offer any trite answers here; theres no defiant moment of triumph for Jane la The Devil Wears Prada.
Scots Man
4.5
Green doesnt need to embellish Janes experiences to get across how soul crushing they are, especially as it becomes clear theres no good outcome for h ..
Polygon
4.2
Photo : Bleecker Street Advertisement Most fascinatingly, The Assistant doesnt spare its heroine blame.
Film Avclub
4.4
You leave The Assistant thinking about why some of us are invisible and some of us dont notice and about how evil lives in the places from which we lo ..
Seattle Times
3.2
In reality, it doesnt say much about the state of workplace culture, aside from being purely a peek inside.
Fresh Fiction
1.5
In its cold examination of money, sex, and power, Greens provocative character study a tough film without much of a crutch resembles another shadowy t ..
East Bay Express
4.0
But the numbing routine drives home the tension that dominates the entire office.
Seven Day Svt
4.0
The film, not quite 90 minutes, is a masterpiece of understatement. Jane is quiet, watchful, and increasingly wary.
National Post
4.5
Its a patient, deliberate, and chilling film, a damning indictment of the power structures that define so much of American life.
New Republic
4.5
Propelled as much by what it doesnt show as what it does, The Assistant is a statement film for its era and is excellently buoyed by Julia Garner, who ..
Original Cin
3.5
A slow burner drama that injects you with a stressful thrill that is relative but also frightening, especially with the subject matter.
Rendy Reviews
4.4
Theres no risk of misplacing our sympathies if weve never met the perpetrator, no chance of misunderstanding dicey situations if we never actually see ..
Third Coast Review
3.5
Its a film which is likely to frustrate and perturb. Which is exactly the point of the film, which leaves one feeling beaten down, drained, even orner ..
Ion Cinema
1.5
Even at 85 minutes, the movie is heavily padded, and... the casual viewer will wonder whether it might have been wise for the filmmaker to develop a f ..
National Review
4.5
As a description for 16 hour days spent catering to the whims of a predatory bullying sociopath within a system designed at every point to remind wome ..
New States Man
4.0
A harrowing look at sexual misconduct at the workplace, The Assistant is sure to start a lot of conversations about how abuse can be normalised.
Cultured Vultures
4.0
A quietly powerful, carefully composed film with a lot on its mind...Director Kitty Green takes the high road through the thorny terrain, preferring u ..
Tiny Url
3.8
The Assistant isnt a particularly enjoyable film, but its message and quiet power linger for days.
Datebook Sfchronicle
3.8
I dont have him right now, Jane keeps replying, in movie world speak.
Ap News
3.8
The Traitor is a satisfying, substantive gangster flick and an immensely entertaining portrait of courtroom justice Sicilian style.
Sf Examiner
2.5
Jane seems like a decent soul, a fine vehicle to illuminate workplace harassment.
Hollywood Into To
4.5
Julia Garners performance should and will make you uncomfortable as she wades through the political harassment of men in the workplace. Effective, Hau ..
Wp Me
4.0
But dont mistake that for an exploitatively empty shell or the finger wagging flimsiness of Bombshell. (
Mid West Film Journal
4.5
Garner is superb at conveying her characters increasing concern, degradation and inner conflict.
Spectator
4.5
Antena da Raa I dont blame you if you havent heard of Glauber Rocha, Brazilian cinemas defining figure and cultural enfant terrible.
Battleship Pretension
4.5
Writer director Kitty Greens astute, insightful character study/corporate critique makes a timely, zeitgeist reflecting arrival in movie theaters.
Screen Anarchy
3.8
In the end, The Assistant isnt didactic; nor does it wave the #MeToo flag.
Cambridge Day
3.8
This isnt a melodramatic weepie meant to revitalize the #MeToo movement, but The Assistant sheds light on the type of workplace harassment that should ..
The Only Critic
1.5
THE ASSISTANT is mind numbingly slow and ultimately unsatisfying.
Kaplan Vs Kaplan
4.4
Its hard to believe her wish to someday be a producer, because she doesnt seem to have the oomph for it, or the fierceness.
Heral
3.8
and ridiculously low (perhaps Ill hear a nice word), and the master narcissist at the center of the dysfunctional maelstrom is firmly in control of ev ..
Film Festival Today
3.0
Its all a bit bloody grim but, according to this, itll never change, even if it bloody well should.
Adelaide Review
4.0
Shes someone who doesnt quite know enough to have a clear, undeniable picture of whats going on, yet she still knows something definitely isnt quite r ..
Screen Zealots
4.5
People may be aware of stuff going on here, but that doesnt mean heads ever turn.
The Spool
3.8
You may very well be haunted by what you see here, but thats the point.
Hollywood News
4.5
Subtle, dark, and horrifying and all too real. Kudoses to Kitty Green and Julia Garner.
Kdhx
4.5
In its quiet way, The Assistant is practically an essay about what makes Bombshell, in particular, such a hollow viewing experience.
The Week
5.0
Its a fiction film of documentary realism, whereas Tali Yankelevichs sublime Supermercado an in depth portrait of a So Paulo supermarket is a document ..
Commercial Appeal
4.0
Its a situation thats demoralizing even if the boss isnt famous, and even if there isnt sexual misconduct going on.
Splice Today
4.5
Garner delivers a tight lipped demeanor holding back the frustration and outrage boiling underneath a study in focus and precision.
L.A. Biz
3.1
Its crescendo goes nowhere near an explosive statement. But this small movie portrays a tense reality that should never be denied. .
1.5
There is no climax in the film, no lightning bolt of action or resolution. It is boring, because the story of men in Hollywood preying on young, vulne ..
Pgh City Paper
4.5
Dont let the low key vibe betray the intense grip this movie has for any woman aspiring to make her way and succeed in any career. Writer/Director Kit ..
Movies and Shakers
3.5
The story is raw and as nakedly observed as the assistant herself.
City Beat
3.5
Taking a minimalist approach, Green guides her drama like shes making an observational documentary on her lead character.
Sa Current
3.0
After so much breathless build up, the film deserves a climax thats just a bit less understated and adds something new to the conversation around abus ..
Bust
4.0
There is no end to the humiliation in The Assistant, which imagines what it must have been like to serve as a downtrodden PA to a Harvey Weinstein typ ..
Student Edge
3.8
Thats why the film works so well, Janes office feels incredibly familiar because this kind of toxic environment, which enables employers to exploit em ..
Worldo Free L
1.5
She doesnt quit, she doesnt crywe see no outward indication of frustration.
The Muse Jezebel
3.5
Theyre victim shamers and victim blamers who actively justify a nightmare with its future potential for reward.
Jaredmobarak
4.5
However, the fact that hes never seen gives the role a sense of universality as the casting couch is not limited to any one executive.
Digital Journal
3.8
The Harvey Weinstein inspired drama delivers a powerful message with no resolution in sight. Julia Garners nuanced performance drives the powerful fil ..
Victoria Advocate
3.5
Sadly, like Jane, its one we dont want to hear and wont feel compelled to listen to for the very reason that it doesnt conform.
Ex Press
4.4
By removing the predator from the frame, Green focuses on the rest of us, the ones who know, and stay silent.
Madison
4.5
Greens film boldly and frankly lets audiences witness the covert complicity that is pervasive in many workplaces.
That Shelf
4.0
The Assistant is a must see, not just because it relates to the behaviour of everyone within the workplace, but because it does so without the need to ..
The Digital Fix
3.8
Garner is a fire so cold she turned my veins to ice...one of 2020s to be great performances.
Awards Watch
4.5
An important and strong contribution that leaves you deeply affected and angry.
Cocalecas
4.5
This has got to be the most agonizingly observant movie ever made with regard to elevator etiquette.)
Wbur
3.8
With great performances and a very poignant message, The Assistant sends a loud and clear message within all of its silence.
Movie Show Plus
4.5
As Jane, Garner delivers a performance thats precise and measured.
Womens Voices For Change
4.5
If you give the audience too much, people hang onto it in a way thats unnecessary.
Seventh Row
4.4
An unsettling and minimalistic thriller about toxic work environments that slowly gets under your skin and makes your blood boil. Julia Garners perfor ..
1.5
What the film does make clear, however, is that everyone is in survival mode at this studio...
Baltimore Magazine
4.0
A Weinstein coloured snapshot of any day in the life of a personal assistant.
Newshub (NZ)
4.5
The Assistant is compelling, and a clarion call for others to hold people in authority accountable for their actions.
CultureMap
4.5
Except, whats compelling about Greens work here is the way it relentlessly eschews any generality.
Stabroek News
3.8
Garner has the pale, porcelain face of a Renaissance angel; its almost physically painful to watch her eyes, her expression, her entire demeanor darke ..
Good Times
1.5
In another scene, Jane frantically enlists the help of an executive when her boss skips a business meeting and doesnt telling anyone where hes gone.
4.5
In a phone call, Dad congratulates Jane for putting work before him.
Bay Area Reporter
4.5
Instead it swims in murky waters gasping for air with each stroke.
4.5
Its greatest asset is a subtle yet deeply felt performance by Julia Garner of Ozark and Grandma fame as a witness to the evil that the Harvey Weinstei ..
Awfj
4.5
The Assistant is a taut, searing portrait of the toxic Weinstein work culture.
Awfj
4.5
Garners performance in The Assistant is a masterful showcase of quiet containment.
Harper's Bazaar
4.0
The takeaway from The Assistant is a subtly gripping and timely portrait of power in the #MeToo/ Harvey Weinstein expos era.
Cinemacy
2.2
A shell of a movie, thats what documentarian turned feature film director Kitty Green has delivered with The Assistant.
Texas Art & Film
4.5
Its a scorching indictment wrapped in a sophisticated revenge fantasy.
Newport This Week
3.5
(Julia) Garner gives the first great leading performance of 2020...
Should I See It
3.5
Maybe its worse for women, maybe its worse for Jane in particular, but thats the way things are.
The Arts St L
4.5
He doesnt have a name and he doesnt have to be seen because there is more than one of these kinds of bosses out there.
4.0
Garner delivers one of the best performances of the year, exquisite in its restraint and Greens writing, in particular, is exceptional.
0.0
Those around Jane pay very little attention to her until theres a fuck up or someone doesnt feel like doing their job.
MovieJawn
4.5
The only work of fiction made thus far about this issue that has managed to address it with the complexity it deserves.
Letras Libres
3.0
The Assistant unfolds in a deliberate manner. Yet the dense, hopeless atmosphere never dissipates. Its not an easy movie to watch, but its so laser fo ..
Planet S Magazine
3.8
Its early in the year; lets hope this superb performance isnt forgotten next fall at awards time.
3.8
Writer/director Kitty Green clearly documents empathy without empowerment.
Phoenix Film Festival
3.5
The stripped down story sheds Suicide Squads nihilistic nonsense in favor of empowerment and general kick assery.
Richard Crouse
4.0
A film designed more to educate and shine a light on the manipulative practices of the industry we so often use as an escape rather than specifically ..
The AU Review
4.5
Green doesnt give him any screen time, though his presence completely fills up the space.
Rochester City Newspaper
4.5
Green presents us with a universal experience, one thats been hard to put into words and consequently, difficult to prosecute.
Hyperallergic
4.4
If theres one thing the average moviegoer doesnt appreciate, its ambiguity.
Deep Focus Review
3.0
This doesnt go well, and Jane soon finds herself wet nurse, slave and captive of the adolescent men shes supposed to be helping; her ambitions and her ..
film-authority.com
3.0
This is less a film than a filmed play. Such an important subject, but the film is so careful not to overstate its point of view that it looses the re ..
4.5
From the lowest worker bee to production executives, there is a sliver of fear emanating from all of them. They dont quite cower, but they do shiver. ..
Niagara Gazette
5.0
Kitty Green manages a tour de force without resorting to reductive expositional devices.
The Jewish Chronicle
4.2
Like a suspenseful horror film, Green doesnt reveal the monster in the light of day, but his presence and influence are always felt.
Vod Zilla
4.5
Remarkably assured, bold and precise ... gut wrenching and evocative and atmospherically rich ... It all adds up to a stunning package, which also has ..
Film Mafia
3.5
Theres a lot of chaos in The Assistant, except its all happening behind Julia Garners eyes.
Film Spotting
3.8
Solidly telling in its methodical truth, Greens film is unassumingly dazzling in its low key observations. The Assistant is impressively potent withou ..
4.5
For Christians who of all people should seek to dismantle rather than perpetuate cultures of abuse this is an important film to watch.
The Gospel Coalition
4.5
In conclusion, The Assistant isnt an easy watch, but its a necessary one.
4.5
Like its protagonist, The Assistant isnt a perfect messenger. Its a well made film with a clever narrative, albeit one thats hard to embrace.
FanSided
0.5
The Assistant is Julia Garner... only because of her would deserve the five stars.
2.0
Weinstein and his ilk deserve what Roger Ailes got in Bombshell, and then some. Regrettably, you wont find that in this film is emotionally muted and ..
MeierMovies.com
1.5
The filmmaking style puts you directly in Janes uncomfortable shoes.
Isthmus
4.0
Simple, yet effective in its delivery, The Assistant is a cautionary tale of how easy it is to ignore abusive structures.
MTR Network
4.2
An overworked and likely emotionally abused assistant going about a full day of work, beginning with her trip into the office and ceasing on her exit.
4.5
But Kitty Green tackles this subject with subtlety, insight and a distinctively non Hollywood flavour, keeping viewers on edge and hyper aware of the ..
Square Eyes
1.5
Leslie Schatzs sound design is the true star of The Assistant. Kitty Greens film is at least as much an audio experience as a visual one.
Gay City News
4.5
But in treatment of Garners Jane, a woman who is told to not worry about being sexually confronted by her boss because shes not his type, she has clea ..
Glenn Dunks
4.5
The film pulls us tightly into the perspective of Julia Garners eponymous assistant, someone who is not able to be louche and charming and witty, beca ..
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