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By Brandy McDonnellA version of this review appears in Friday's Weekend Life section of The Oklahoman. 2 1/2 of 4 stars.Movie review: Immersive workplace drama 'The Assistant' takes its cues from Harvey Weinstein scandalMore than two years after the Harvey Weinstein scandal made headlines and helped launch the #MeToo Movement, the low-key workplace drama "The Assistant" chronicles how such abusive behavior can remain an open secret, allowing powerful predators to continue their dirty deeds.The first narrative feature from Australian documentarian Kitty Green ("Casting JonBenet"), "The Assistant" feels immersive and authentic as it follows Jane (Emmy winner Julia Garner, Netflix's "Ozark"), a new entry-level assistant working in a decidedly unglamorous New York film production office, through her grueling and tedious workday.Although she graduated with honors from Northwestern, she leaves her little house in Queens before sunrise to catch her ride share into Manhattan, where she endlessly photocopies scripts, fields phone calls, fetches water, makes last-minute travel arrangements and ferries around visitors until well after dark.Read more on NewsOK.com

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