K. B. House

Hollywood's predictable homage to supply chain heroes. Watchable if you like Liam, which I do.

The low pulse of this film as it percolates along is a brilliantly living example of the pervasive nature of workplace abuse. It's about power, largely silent but blatantly visual in nature and intensified through fear. It comes from bosses of both genders, is unspecific to sexual choice, physical attractiveness, race...abusive people in power behave how they choose and underlings who need their jobs tolerate it, often telling no one. Just as the Me Too movement brought victims and their abusers out into the open, public opinion and various reviews are doing the same to separate those who know it is a crime and those who might accuse victims of "wanting it" or crying wolf. Bombshells told one story with lots of makeup, hairspray and expensive cast members. The Assistant is the "less is more" version of the big picture...sometimes whispers speak the loudest.