Entertaining might not be the best word to describe it, but neither is boring. It's impressive how this movie is so low key and just shows what is likely a very ordinary day for the protagonist, yet still remains interesting and unnerving to watch. My wife and I watched this at home on DVD from our public library. Garner is superb in her role as Jane but we get no clue what might eventually happen for her. But one worker told her "Don't worry, you're not his type." The story covers one long day but it gets its point across. The story is less about the big boss taking advantage of pretty young girls, it is more about the culture and the widespread acceptance within the office that this is the norm. It is easy to think this was inspired by Harvey Weinstein and his office, and maybe it was, but enough has come to light over the past few years to realize this is closer to the norm than it is to the exception. Her awakening to the reality of things is when she goes in to make an anonymous concern, that sexual shenanigans might be going on even with the big boss, an unqualified girl from Idaho is hired and put up at a hotel, and basically finds out her job is to mind her own business if she wanted to keep her job. She gets sandwiches, makes copies, arranges flights and hotels, her work keeps the offices running. She calls home periodically, her parents tell her to get enough sleep, she is very diligent and professional, she gets to the office before daybreak and is often the last to leave. Julia Garner, a New Yorker herself, is age-appropriate, was probably about 24 during filming, she is simply Jane. Her ambition is to work her way into being a Producer. I can see why some viewers don't like this movie, there is no action, essentially no background music until the very end, and the focus is squarely on this young assistant who has been in the job for 5 weeks after graduating from a good college.
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