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The Assistant (2020)

R01/31/2020Drama1h 28m

Overview

A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Julia Garner

    Jane

  2. Cast 1

    Matthew Macfadyen

    Wilcock

  3. Cast 1

    Makenzie Leigh

    Ruby

  4. Cast 1

    Kristine Froseth

    Sienna

  5. Cast 1

    Jonny Orsini

    Male Assistant 2

  6. Cast 1

    Noah Robbins

    Male Assistant 1

  7. Cast 1

    Alexander Chaplin

    Max

  8. Cast 1

    Jay O. Sanders

    Boss (voice)

  9. Cast 1

    Juliana Canfield

    Sasha

“The Assistant,” a timely story about abuse of power in the workplace, left me shaken and angry. This quietly devastating film about a young assistant (Julia Garner) to a prominent entertainment executive is inspired by the Me Too movement (and clearly, the bad actions of Harvey Weinstein). The story accurately portrays the weighty emotional toll that stems from knowing something isn’t quite right, but you are powerless to do anything about it. Jane (Garner) is just starting out in her career. She puts in long hours at the New York office of a powerful film exec, and she takes continual emo...