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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

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A portrait of the work and life of controversial film critic Pauline Kael, and her battle to achieve success and influence in the 20th century movie business.

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Mar 12, 2020

What She Said is a good movie, an engaging look at probably the most influential film critic of all time. (If you want to make a case for Roger Ebert, know that he was one of her followers.) But it’s obviously not the best way to understand her work and her influence. There’s only one real way to do that: Read her.

Metacritic review by Bill Goodykoontz
Bill Goodykoontz
Arizona Republic
80
Dec 1, 2019

Befitting the subject's personality and entertainment predilections, What She Said is adamantly engaging, full of lively, appreciative voices that, more than anything else, bring her enthusiasm and keen-mindedness back to life.

Metacritic review by Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
The Hollywood Reporter
80
Dec 1, 2019

Garver’s film is above all a celebration of the pleasure of intellectual and emotional response to art (“To be paid for thinking is a marvellous way to live,” Kael says), and a picture of a style of thinking that might be seen as distinctively but non-stereotypically female.

Jonathan Romney
Screen Daily