The true story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Felicity Jones), her struggles for equal rights, and the early cases of a historic career that lead to her nomination and confirmation as U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice.
"Call it "The Notorious RBG: The Early Years" as a terrific Felicity Jones finds the fire and fury in the young Ruth Bader Ginsburg as she takes on her lifelong battle against gender discrimination."- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"On the Basis of Sex is a serious movie that slowly earns its emotion and enlists our involvement. Even before the finish, it's goosebumps all around." - Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
"On the Basis of Sex mostly avoids hero-worship in recreating the shameful truth of where the country was a half-century earlier and the importance of Ginsburg in the legal aspect of the shift that continues to this day." - James Berardinelli, ReelViews