Video review: Justice is served in 'RBG'

August 25, 2018 at 6:07AM
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is shown mid-workout in "RBG."
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is shown mid-workout in “RBG.” (Marci Schmitt — ./The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The documentary "RBG" (⋆⋆⋆, PG) has a lot of ground to cover. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, aka the Notorious RBG, is a work­aholic, opera lover, proponent of judicial friendship across ideological lines, 85-year-old fitness buff, champion of gender equality, architect of a significant legal legacy, mother and grandmother — not to mention a cultural icon celebrated on coffee mugs. What emerges is a respectful portrait of a jurist who, whether idolized or despised, is in a class by herself.

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