LastingAware The greatest movie ever!
PlatinumRead Just so...so bad
Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.
Walter Mellon The film radiates from the core of her being - pinpoint-focused on human equality & devotion to her work. From that radiates an incredible life story of her long marriage & vignettes from family, colleagues, adversaries & friends. I anticipated a dry talking-heads documentary, and got so, so much more. Great film.
wilson trivino This is a fascinating peek behind the curtain of the Supreme Court. It chronicles Supreme Court Justice Ruth Badger Ginsberg, also known as RBG. She gets that name from a well known rapper Notorious BIG. It recaps her career as a woman who was not afraid to question the status quo and break barriers. From being one of the first women in a male dominated law school to standing up for the little guy in her legal disputes. Even in her 80s she stays true to herself and what has made for a remarkable career. It also serves as a good movie to explain a bit more of this often forgotten but powerful branch of the United States Government.
mikagoldin This tiny woman is a giant for our times. She has staunchly followed her leading to make women's equality a reality -- slowly, one measured step at a time, and succeeded in a quiet, determined way. Watch her story and you will believe that anything is possible!The film keeps your attention because it shows her human side, her heart, and her determination -- all together in this wonderful woman. Her wonderful love story, her deep friendship with arch conservative Scalia, her enjoyment of theatre and opera, her wonderful sense of humor, her symbolism of the different collars she wears with her justice robes and, most of all, her unswerving path to fight for equality for both women and men of all races and backgrounds, all of this makes for an inspiring and interesting story. The RBG is her nickname, Notorious R.B.G., a pun from rapper Notorious B.I.G. She has become a cultural icon but, more than that, she is a giant for our time. So much I didn't know before -- it's a really special film -- you will enjoy it and it will stay with you! Go see it and bring your friends and family.
Paul Allaer "RBG" (2018 release; 95 min.) is a documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As the movie opens, we see Ginsburg working out with her personal trainer. "I am 84 and everyone wants to take their picture with me", she comments. We then shift to her 1993 Supreme Court Senate confirmation hearings, where she opens with talking of her Brooklyn roots and upbringing, at which point the movie goes back to the 1930s. At this point we are less than 10 min, into the movie, and you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.Couple of comments: this is the latest movie from documentarians Julie COhen and Betsy West. Here they give us an "all access" portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a/k/a "Notorious RBG". As I am a lawyer myself, I am of course quite aware of her, but I must it I knew very little of her background, and how it made the person that she is today. Just 2 things that stuck with me after the movie: Ginsberg is best known as the champion of gender equality. Did you know that she was one of only 9 female students (out of a class of about 500) at Harvard Law? and that she made law review? And that upon graduating (in 1959), not a single law firm in New York, NOT ONE, offered her a job? The other striking thing is the amazing relationship between Ruth (nicknamed "Kiki" by her childhood friends) and her husband Martin, which is featured prominently in the documentary. Oh, and there is one more thing to : the deep friendship between (liberal) RGB and (conservative) Supreme Court justice Antonia Scalia. In these uncertain times, it is important to that we don't have to be indignant, disrespectful and worse to people who have a different opinion than our own. In fact, strictly on policy issues, I probably disagree with RBG more than I agree, but that doesn't mean I can't have but the greatest respect for Ginsberg the person. What an icon she is, and the day that she retires from the Supreme Court will be a sad day for this country."RBG" premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival to immediate acclaim. The movie opened this weekend on 2 screens at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati, and I couldn't wait to see it. The early Saturday evening screening where I saw this at was attended very nicely, and I thin that with the positive word-of-mouth this movie is sure to generate that this may have long legs at the art-house theater circuit, IF you are in the mood for an excellent documentary about a remarkable women, I'd readily suggest you check out "RBG", be it in the theater, on VOD, or eventually on DVD/Blu-ray.
