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The Assistant

The Assistant

2020
Drama
1h 27m
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane (Julia Garner) follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position. (imdb)

The Assistant

2020
Drama
1h 27m
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Rated 26 Mar 2022
60
22nd
Writer-director Kitty Green has strong feelings on how the MeToo era motion picture industry dehumanizes young women. But the movie's so laid back it feels like an invisible documentarian captured a workday. As someone familiar with offices of overpaid "creatives" with regressive social skills, I could've gotten the same impact by hanging out with peers after work--and skipping this viewing. Marginal recommendation for film students about to enter the industry and looking for a cautionary tale.
Rated 14 May 2020
78
67th
There's a lot in this film to unpack, going beyond just the obvious post-Harvey Weinstein sentiments and into a much-needed depiction of working in the film industry as being a dystopian wasteland of ego, cronyism, and systemic abuse. Green's minimalistic approach is well-suited to inducing an ever-present sense of threat and claustrophobia amidst the extreme banality of the tasks at hand, a firm nod to the formalist legacy of 'Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.'
Rated 03 May 2020
80
90th
Shows the agency business as a system of power and abuse that corrupts and commodifies everyone who stays with it. Maybe not corrupts, but it certainly dulls its workers to the basic human feelings of kindness and companionship. You could ask how bad a crime is really happening here, but that'd be missing the point. The point is indoctrination.
Rated 23 Nov 2020
70
42nd
I wanted to be sure that I was giving this a fair chance before I said anything, but for me there just wasn't enough meat on these bones to reach the level I was hoping for. Trust me, I don't dispute any depiction of anything that I see here. I appreciate this on the level of a down-to-Earth counterpart to a movie like "Bombshell". The uptick in intensity during/after the HR scene was welcomed, if a little hyperbolic for the tone of the rest of the film. Not a disappointment, but hoped for more.
Rated 24 Aug 2020
80
75th
After watching this, I turned the TV on to something bright and colourful, and I felt like my eyes were about to explode from the transition.
Rated 11 May 2020
65
73rd
Clever look at the film industry and the exploitation of young girls. Well worth a watch.
Rated 02 May 2020
30
4th
Dull, vacuous, wet, irritating... and that's just the film! "Searing look" Searing?! ARE U JOKING? Not misogyny; Id be equally disturbed if lead male. Unless I got it 100% wrong & really its cunning skewer of mental damage FROM 1st world victim culture to 'victim', 'abusers', society & workplace - then its out of its damn mind! She HAS been badly wounded; by false perspective & expectations. Bombshell = about vile abuser backed by sick work culture. This..is, this..is..I..just...NO!
Rated 24 Aug 2021
7
58th
For the most part, this is a masterclass in suggestive storytelling, as it derives unnerving power from the unspoken truths lurking just below the surface. What I loved most was the tight and rigid framing that confines its main character to her working environment, one made even more tangible thanks to the film's fantastic sound design. But the film reaches its high point too early on and mostly fizzles out towards the finish line. I'd watch it again, though, for its unorthodox approach.
Rated 14 Apr 2021
75
17th
Rated 04 Jan 2021
75
77th
Great direction by Green and terrific acting by Garner. Her scene with MacFadyen was outright excellent.
Rated 27 Dec 2020
9
85th
A depressing, but much needed exploration of contemporary workplace abuse. The Assistant is a minimalistic and muted film which illustrates the harsh, cold, sterility of the movie's contemporary office setting. Julia Garner's performance is impeccable as she effectively communicates to the watcher without many words how frustrating, ethically comprising, and soul-crushing her job is. By the end of the movie you feel Garner's character pain and frustration. A very exhausting, but effective film.
Rated 24 Dec 2020
90
53rd
Loved how flat this was. It builds suspense but doesn't give you any satisfaction, which is much more real. I enjoyed Julia Garner's performance.
Rated 14 Nov 2020
45
46th
worth a watch
Rated 30 Sep 2020
20
10th
A superficial, labored and tedious feminist propaganda piece and an affront to Chantal Akerman whom Green attempts to imitate. It's not that she's making anything up re workplace sexism, but her script is obstinately contrived and preachy. No one in her world has any real problems but her obnoxiously submissive gorgeous lily-white protagonist and another spitting image of her, and in fact, that her entire cast is so pretty and groomed blatantly undermines her down-with-patriarchy rhetoric.
Rated 10 Sep 2020
66
51st
Well acted.
Rated 23 Aug 2020
80
52nd
Very slow and methodical but a crushing look at the systemic abuse that can happen in organizations, and the lack of power the working class has to change it from within.
Rated 11 Feb 2020
70
64th
Chinatown for executive assistants.
Rated 20 Sep 2024
7
77th
Subtly powerful work by Garner. Her character speaks little, is heard less, but communicates volumes with body language. Macfadyen is also terrific in a single riveting scene as a sleazy HR officer. There's a real authenticity to this film, which feels expertly researched... compelling and quietly chilling.
Rated 02 May 2024
2
17th
shoots for JEANNE DIELMAN via PLAYTIME; ends up on the level of... LOCKE? nice sound design, but how anyone considers this a serious representation of microaggressive workplace misogyny and dehumanising corporate fakeness/drudgery is beyond me as it isn't remotely convincing dramatically (most ludicrous employee-employer interactions OAT). it only works when it leans into comedy: the croissant, the tissue box slowly pushed across the table, the dweebs wandering over to write her apology e-mails.
Rated 24 Oct 2022
50
36th
Controlled and miniaturist. Which is to say that, from shot to shot the movie is very good, but it could have been much more. Essentially a premise that goes nowhere.
Rated 27 Jul 2022
49
35th
Even though I’ve worked for a toxic set of bosses in a similar capacity and could relate to everything including the HR situation watching it unfold on a camera is much less interesting and borderline unbearable as film.
Rated 21 Apr 2021
60
26th
I really liked a lot of the formal choices here, but the main character's "journey" here feels so one-note, that it's hard to muster much enthusiasm for this.
Rated 03 Apr 2021
71
76th
Really shows how brutal mundane office work can be. Also shows the lack of ability to stop someone like Weinstein. Movie doesn't really go anywhere though. B
Rated 15 Mar 2021
90
52nd
For some reason, I was mesmerized by the mundanity of office life. This movie does offer more that that though. Well done and thought-provoking.
Rated 11 Feb 2021
80
37th
Viewed February 9, 2021.
Rated 25 Jan 2021
57
11th
Very boring outside of one scene with Matthew MacFadyen. I get that it's trying to be subtle, but it was a total chore to get through this movie for me. Sorry.
Rated 16 Jan 2021
65
61st
Sometimes pretty obvious in its understated, poignantly subtle look at everyday rotten, predatory office/corporate routines, but it is well-shot and bleak enough to fly above average indie contemporary drama -- and Garner is just great.
Rated 12 Jan 2021
37
2nd
Filmin süresi 1 saat 27 dakika olsa da 3 saatten uzun sürdüğüne yemin edebilir ama asla kanıtlayamam. Kısa film olsa gayet güzel olabilecekken uzun olmayı tercih edip yerlerde sürünmüş. Gördüğünüz yerde kaçın ya da izleyin ya, belki beğenirsiniz. Ben gram beğenmedim.
Rated 27 Dec 2020
81
74th
A very good movie. I dare say the realest movie made about workplace culture in the MeToo era. A young person, overworked, caught in a very real dilemma in a giant machine. It doesn't have the sparkle to make it an all-time favorite movie and it could have incorporated a couple more things but it does what it sets out to do. Great directing, great acting.
Rated 16 Dec 2020
77
59th
I don't know what I was expecting going in, but it wasn't this. The Assistant tells its story in a very low-key manner: there is little dialogue, most of it is in hushed tones, there are no explosive outbursts or huge twists. And yet it totally works as an effective portrait of a toxic work environment and the way that these messed up systems can sustain themselves even when everyone knows that they're wrong.
Rated 13 Dec 2020
32
20th
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Rated 06 Dec 2020
70
41st
The cleverness comes mostly from the directorial choices. Office being so dark creates a looming gloominess; the camera rarely moving creates a sedentary/powerless environment; minimal usage of music aids to the realism. Uncinematic but when that reaches the story it becomes monotonous. Not much happens. All of these elements together creates a sincere film but gives you little to latch onto. Jane's a cheap ploy since she's so agreeable, some moments undo subtlety by being so blatant its silly.
Rated 16 Nov 2020
59
28th
For every moment of beautifully subtle showing-without-telling, there seems to be another that puts way too fine a point on things. The scene with the HR guy felt particularly blunt to the extent that it seemed completely out of place in this film that otherwise forces the viewer to pick up on context clues and indirect dialogue. The unruly nature of the film's delivery sours an otherwise well-directed narrative debut by Kitty Green with a strong, understated lead performance by Julia Garner.
Rated 14 Nov 2020
75
55th
They use a very sympathetic character in the lead which makes it more stressful than it needs to be. I always struggle to rate movies that don't do much more in the end compared to the start and feel one-note, there's no big profound or satisfying ending. But I have to give this one props because its single note feels succinct rather than drawn-out and it kept my interest for the duration of that note.
Rated 20 Oct 2020
1
8th
Rated 17 Sep 2020
70
88th
sad for our generation. northwestern or ivy league graduates working like that. (400 for 1 out there, waiting around for such shitty jobs)
Rated 06 Sep 2020
72
26th
I should lead with, I'm in a v progressive industry and my office is so different from this. So I'm not in the perfect target audience for this. I think the themes and message are important for everyone but the lack of some experiences makes some scenes drag. The movie is amazingly acted hyper realism to a fault at some points. It's so hyper-real and un-movie like in its progression that sometimes it feels like a 10 minute section amounted to nothing. But isn't that's office life and the goal?
Rated 29 Jul 2020
80
87th
A very insightful and subtle movie about the troubling issues that a power hierarchy can enable. Obviously there's a strong #Weinstein flavour to this but this movie can be read in a broader way, which I admire. Julia Garner is perfectly cast, a brilliant, standout performance.
Rated 25 Jul 2020
3
16th
Quit.
Rated 24 Jul 2020
77
46th
Well-acted and surprisingly tense, but its commitment to hyperrealism makes this something of an anti-movie. Drama, theatrics, and any sense of vicarious catharsis just isn't here. Instead, there's a quotidien grind and, well, that's all there is to it.
Rated 21 Jul 2020
83
87th
Good premise paired with an excellent performance. This hits way too close to home.
Rated 29 Apr 2020
74
57th
It's pretty good, but also maybe a little too simple, afraid that its audience will miss an idea the first two times it's presented
Rated 28 Feb 2020
70
57th
bildik bir hikayeyi ve yılışıkça ona ortak olan figüranları, dışarıda kalmaya çalışan tek bir karaktere odaklanarak zarifçe ele alıyor. herhangi bir rutinin işleyişine incelikle bakmak, detayları parlatıp esas meseleye eğilmeyi sağlıyor ve apaçık ortada gözüken durumların dahi karmaşıklığını gösteriyor. böyle bir hikayeyle bunu yaparken garner'ın güçlü performansı üzerinde film biraz daha yükseliyor.

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