The biopic-wary should applaud On the Basis of Sex for its avoidance of the temptation to cover a longer chronology of Bader Ginsburg’s life and career.

Full Review | Nov 8, 2023

Jones is required to repeatedly hold the screen in close-up while bashing out on-the-nose dialogue.

Full Review | Jul 31, 2023

On the Basis of Sex is not a subtle film but it is a crowd-pleaser.

Full Review | Oct 26, 2021

On the Basis of Sex doesn't reinvent the biopic, but it succeeds in telling an important story about one of the most memorable women in U.S. legal history.

Full Review | Oct 26, 2021

...fittingly respectful for the subject...

Full Review | Oct 26, 2021

Your going to get more out of the documentary [RBG].

Full Review | Oct 1, 2021

On the Basis of Sex makes a good case for why Ginsburg is as revered as she is, but it could've been even better had it not taken the easy way out at times.

Full Review | Apr 9, 2021

RBG herself clearly approves as we're treated to a glimpse of her at the end - and if you know anything about her, she won't put her name to anything with which she isn't entirely satisfied.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 25, 2021

'On the Basis of Sex' would rather tell than show, rather shout than talk, and rather pander than intrigue.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 23, 2021

On the Basis of Sex stands, additionally and crucially, as a testament to the power and importance of the legal world's unseen corners.

Full Review | Mar 11, 2021

Ginsburg's problems evaporate almost as soon as they appear through the magic of cinema created by director Mimi Leder, who apparently wants to make sure no audience member feels anything but the tepid glow of constant affirmation.

Full Review | Mar 9, 2021

Felicity Jones makes Ginsburg so immediately likable that the movie's frequent invocations of her stubbornness and exacting expectations feel a lot more theoretical than experienced.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Feb 4, 2021

A feel good history lesson, a movie that provides a look at Ginsburg's determination, intelligence and humanity but one that goes too heavy on the hagiography.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2021

On the Basis of Sex tells the incredible true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Full Review | Feb 2, 2021

It's a slightly sterile, long-winded, far-reaching look at a fascinating woman that whittles her down to a few cleverly written scenes aimed at your heartstrings, hitting them a little too squarely.

Full Review | Jan 28, 2021

By the time the main case of this biography takes hold, it's downright gripping to witness the legality of gender-based discrimination and the attack against it.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 7, 2020

On the Basis of Sex may be rather safe and old fashioned in terms of its filmmaking style. However, it is still a wonderfully accessible biopic.

Full Review | Oct 2, 2020

Felicity Jones, so credible as Jane Hawking in "The Theory of Everything," brings similar credence to the role of Ruth Bader Ginsberg.

Full Review | Oct 1, 2020

It is a film that is quite rightly very proud of the remarkable woman at its focus, and it sometimes feels a little overwhelmed by the occasion.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2020

On the Basis of Sex is a One-Adjective Movie -- that is, a film in which every component can be described with a single word.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 26, 2020