When it comes to dramatising historical events, there is
always the fear that said history on its own could end up being more
interesting than a given attempt to tell it. This film, however, may be a rare
case of that in duplicate, as the story behind the production not only has a
chance of overshadowing the production itself, for the last few years, it
actually did. This film has been stuck in release limbo since November
2017, being shelved because of the involvement of Harvey Weinstein in the
production and initial distribution deal. That’s the heavily simplified version
of the story, because every facet of the thing could easily take up this whole
article on their own, but it ultimately leads to a single question: Was this
film worth holding onto for this long?
