In 1912 London, a young working mother is galvanized into radical political activism supporting the right for women to vote, and is willing to meet violence with violence to achieve this end. [15], The film was scheduled to be released by Focus Features on November 9, 2018,[16] but was pushed back to a limited release on December 25, 2018, with a wide release on January 11, 2019. The government offers Moritz a settlement of one dollar. She won the case, and they continued to work together at ACLU, since she co-founded the Women's Rights Project and served on the Board and as the General Counsel. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 Robert W. Cort produced the film through Participant Media. Department of Justice Attorney James H. Bozarth asks to be the lead counsel for the defense. In 1970, Martin brings Moritz v. Commissioner, a tax law case, to Ruth's attention. The story begins with Ginsburg entering Harvard Law School in 1956. Screenwriter Daniel Stiepleman, in response to the criticism, stated that the point of the dialogue was to show that the Constitution, like the country as a whole, was always open to improvement. Written by Bader Ginsburg’s nephew Daniel Stiepleman and directed by Mimi Leder, “On the Basis of Sex” details the Harvard Law School education and early legal career of current Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. For example On the Basis of Sex includes how, when Ruth and her husband Marty were both in law school, Marty was diagnosed with testicular … Ruth sees in this case an opportunity to begin to challenge the many laws enacted over the years that assume that men will work to provide for the family, and women will stay home and take care of the husband and children. Parents need to know that On the Basis of Sex is a biographical drama about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's life from her time as one of a handful of women attending Harvard Law School in the late 1950s to her first groundbreaking gender-discrimination case in the early '70s. The late Supreme Court Justice made waves in her early cases and paved the way for gender equality in the highest echelons of the American justice system. (Their real-life marriage lasted 56 years, until Martin’s death.) [25] In its second weekend of wide release, the film fell 35% to $4 million, finishing 10th. Ruth makes a counter-proposal: the government will pay Moritz the sum he claimed as a deduction and make a declaration that he did nothing wrong, and also enter into the record that the gender-based portion of section 214 is unconstitutional. The final scene shows the real-life Ginsburg walking up the steps of the Supreme Court building. On the Basis of Sex. 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