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But all in all, Burstein’s film feels big and perceptive, a love letter to a remarkable, interesting and very human human.

“I saw her as an outsider and survivor, an outlier. She also had a perceptive lack of shame, which was fascinating. Sometimes she breaks rules because she doesn’t really know what they are.”

“I’m highly intuitive and perceptive. So I’m honestly confused as to why I never feel earthquakes. ... Maybe when you have generational time spent in L.A., you become like one with the earthquake?”

“Elsbeth” transports the offbeat and perceptive defense attorney out of Chicago and sets her loose in New York, where she’s taken on the role as an impartial observer at the NYPD, tailgating its murder investigations.

After all, it is the true story of a brilliant and perceptive scientist whose accurate warnings were ignored by policymakers.