Bombshell (2019)
Drama
Director: Jay Roach. 1hr 49mins/109mins. (15)
Rating: 4/5
Synopsis
Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron) is a former lawyer turned hard-hitting news anchor for Fox News, championed by her Donald Trump-supporting boss Roger Ailes (John Lithgow).
Deciding to challenge Trump during a Presidential candidate debate about his treatment of women, she subsequently faces trolling and abuse from him and scrutiny from other news outlets, fracturing her professionalism.
Ailes eventually pulls his support from her around the same time that fellow Fox star Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman), a long-time presenter shunted to a less popular time slot as punishment for complaining about a misogynistic male colleague, is sacked.
Carlson sues the network for prior sexual harassment, knowing that many other women have suffered from Ailes and other men.
Review by @Reelreviewer
You know you are in for a good game of 'guess which movie star is playing which real-life face' when, during the opening credits for a film, a prosthetic make-up artist is listed.
OK, so you'll guess fairly quickly that John Lithgow is the greasy, corpulent Roger Ailes, but he still sports an impressive fake conk.
Better still is Charlize Theron who manages to look exactly like news anchor Megyn Kelly and herself at the same time.
Alongside Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie, she forms a fearless female faction.
For more, read the full review: bit.ly/Bombshell2019
Cast & credits
Annapurna Pictures/BRON Studios/Creative Wealth Media Finance/Denver and Delilah Productions/Lighthouse Management & Media/Lionsgate.
Producers: A.J. Dix, Aaron L. Gilbert, Robert Graf, Michelle Graham, Beth Kono, Charles Randolph, Margaret Riley, Jay Roach, Charlize Theron.
Writer: Charles Randolph.
Camera: Barry Ackroyd.
Music: Theodore Shapiro.
Sets: Mark Ricker.
Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Malcolm McDowell, Kate McKinnon.
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