Bombshell
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Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
What critics thought
Bombshell drew a genuinely split response: admirers found it a sharp, energetic account of the Fox News harassment scandal powered by committed performances, while detractors argued it stays frustratingly shallow — too cartoonish in pace, too eager to sand down its protagonists' politics in the name of sympathy. The sharpest criticism from the left was that by softening Megyn Kelly's racism and Gretchen Carlson's homophobia, the film lets its conservative subjects off the hook in ways that undermine its own feminist argument.
“Bombshell is a scalding and powerful movie about what selling, in America, has become. The film is about selling sex, selling a candidate, selling yourself, selling the truth. And about how at Fox News all those things came together.”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“a timely satirical takedown that finds black humour and absurdist comedy in the subject of workplace sexual harassment while never losing sight of its devastating repercussions”
Kevin Maher·The Times
“What happened to these women is appalling; that the film takes such pains to sand down the politics of its central characters to make them more sympathetic undermines its entire thesis. Kelly's racist attitudes are smoothed over, while Carlson's homophobia is conveniently erased.”
Simran Hans·The Observer
“It has a few strong moments, mostly courtesy of Robbie, but it's both underwhelming and overworked, inelegantly structured and missing something fundamental at the core.”
Linda Holmes·NPR
“a movie with a compelling story to tell turns into a blunt-force polemic that can't stop hammering its message home”
Joe Morgenstern·The Wall Street Journal
Accolades
Genres
Biography, Drama
Cast & Crew
Jay RoachDirector
Charlize TheronMegyn Kelly
Margot RobbieKayla Pospisil
Nicole KidmanGretchen Carlson
John LithgowRoger Ailes
Allison JanneySusan Estrich
Malcolm McDowellRupert Murdoch
Kate McKinnonJess Carr
Connie BrittonBeth Ailes
Liv HewsonLily Balin
Jack HavenJulia Clarke
Rob DelaneyGil Norman
Mark DuplassDoug Brunt
Theodore ShapiroComposer
Charles RandolphWriter
Barry AckroydCinematographyFrom the studio
Bombshell
Bombshell is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time; and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it.
What critics thought
Bombshell drew a genuinely split response: admirers found it a sharp, energetic account of the Fox News harassment scandal powered by committed performances, while detractors argued it stays frustratingly shallow — too cartoonish in pace, too eager to sand down its protagonists' politics in the name of sympathy. The sharpest criticism from the left was that by softening Megyn Kelly's racism and Gretchen Carlson's homophobia, the film lets its conservative subjects off the hook in ways that undermine its own feminist argument.
“Bombshell is a scalding and powerful movie about what selling, in America, has become. The film is about selling sex, selling a candidate, selling yourself, selling the truth. And about how at Fox News all those things came together.”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“a timely satirical takedown that finds black humour and absurdist comedy in the subject of workplace sexual harassment while never losing sight of its devastating repercussions”
Kevin Maher·The Times
“What happened to these women is appalling; that the film takes such pains to sand down the politics of its central characters to make them more sympathetic undermines its entire thesis. Kelly's racist attitudes are smoothed over, while Carlson's homophobia is conveniently erased.”
Simran Hans·The Observer
“It has a few strong moments, mostly courtesy of Robbie, but it's both underwhelming and overworked, inelegantly structured and missing something fundamental at the core.”
Linda Holmes·NPR
“a movie with a compelling story to tell turns into a blunt-force polemic that can't stop hammering its message home”
Joe Morgenstern·The Wall Street Journal
Accolades
Genres
Biography, Drama
Cast & Crew
Jay RoachDirectorCharlize TheronMegyn KellyMargot RobbieKayla PospisilNicole KidmanGretchen CarlsonJohn LithgowRoger AilesAllison JanneySusan EstrichMalcolm McDowellRupert MurdochKate McKinnonJess CarrConnie BrittonBeth AilesLiv HewsonLily BalinJack HavenJulia ClarkeRob DelaneyGil NormanMark DuplassDoug BruntTheodore ShapiroComposerCharles RandolphWriterBarry AckroydCinematographyFrom the studio
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