Revealing film that documents the complaint of sexual abuse, made by Gretchen Carlson TV host, against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes in 2016 and which is gradually adding more women victims of the deplorable behavior of the powerful executive.
With this story "bomb" of real life, plus the spectacular cast that integrates Bombshell, the director had the main ingredients to make it a great work, however the film never exceeds the anecdotal level of its history.
We know nothing about Ailes, his friends, accomplices, interests, or his relationship with his wife; she continues to support him, but has she never known or sensed something in so long?
The film is slowly blurred with unnecessary information and insinuations, such as the Republican convention, Trump, Giuliani, the power, the lawyers, the media shock, Kayla's intimacies, etc.
Suddenly, confusion, gossip, speculation reigns, the plot, the rhythm, the tension, and the interest are lost, until the end that we all already assumed comes.
In the absence of further analysis of the key characters in the film, their behaviors seem unpredictable and whimsical.
Megyn's puzzling monologue when she decides to report is the climax of the film.
Incomprehensible that the 3 protagonists do not have a rapprochement when they fight for a common cause, is it ego or is there more?
Insulting, that the epilogue reports what it cost Fox News, to liquidate its executives and what it paid in economic compensation to its victims, it seems that the moral damage committed to women is not the important thing, the significant thing is: the millionaire figures that loses the company.
It is the type of film that, although it seems to be very brave in its complaint, also seems to shield a lot of background information. We only see "The Tip of the Iceberg"
Convincing performances by Charlize Theron, Margot Robbie. Also perform: Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Malcolm McDowell. Script by Charles Randolph.
Review of Bombshell
