This film is a fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States. It is titled Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines. It is about a woman who endured a range of abuse while working in a job as a miner. Mines filed and won a landmark 1984 lawsuit. It is based on a book written by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy.
In 1989, Josey Aimes takes her two children, Sammy and Karen with her. She leaves her abusive husband Wayne and she is to returning to her northern Minnesota home town. She has a chance meeting with her old friend Glory Dodge. He works as a driver and union rep at the mine operated by Pearson Taconite and Steel. Josey decides to also work at the mine. This type of work is dominated by men in number and in tone. She wants to be able to stand on her own two feet for the first time in her life. She probably could not do this if she remained in a job washing hair at a beauty salon. Plus, she needs to make a higher wage.
Working at the mine does not sit well with her father, Hank Aimes. He also works at the mine and like the other male workers, he believes she is taking a job away from a man. Hank has also believed that all Josey's problems are of her own doing!! It is because she was unmarried and she had Sammy while she was still in high school. Josey has always stated that she does not know who Sammy's biological father is? Sammy also has Hank's attitude about his mother. This film is only for adult audiences. 5* (I liked this movie)
126 min, Drama with Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis, Elle Peterson, Sean Bean, Woody Harrelson, Richard Jenkins,Sissy Spacek, James Cada, Rusty Schwimmer, directed by Niki Caro, written by Michael Seitzman,
Note: Imdb 7.3 out of 10 with 41k reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 69% with 175 critic reviews 76% with 50,000+ audience scores, Roger Ebert 4*, Common Sense Media age 16+, 3* out of 5*, 3* drinking, drugs, smoking and sex, 4* violence and language.
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